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Geosite assessments: comparison of methods and results

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  • L'ubomír Štrba
  • Pavol Rybár
  • Bartolomej Baláž
  • Mário Molokáč
  • Ladislav Hvizdák
  • Branislav Kršák
  • Marián Lukáč
  • Lenka Muchová
  • Dana Tometzová
  • Jarmila Ferenčíková

Abstract

Geotourism as a rapidly evolving and attractive tourism form expands into many regions. This ‘new’ tourism form brings new research issues to be solved including, e.g. geosite identification, geosite assessment, geopark establishment, (geo)tourist trail definitions. One of the biggest challenges of researchers not only in the field of geotourism is to set specific value of an individual locality. The aim of this paper is to compare selected assessment methods of geosites. Different quantitative methods were selected due to fact that it is possible to compare final score of assessments. The results show that using different assessment methods on selected localities gives different results and geosite rankings. Based on this fact, further research in the field of geosite assessment is needed for (geo)tourism planning and management as discussed in this paper.

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  • L'ubomír Štrba & Pavol Rybár & Bartolomej Baláž & Mário Molokáč & Ladislav Hvizdák & Branislav Kršák & Marián Lukáč & Lenka Muchová & Dana Tometzová & Jarmila Ferenčíková, 2015. "Geosite assessments: comparison of methods and results," Current Issues in Tourism, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(5), pages 496-510, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rcitxx:v:18:y:2015:i:5:p:496-510
    DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2014.882885
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    1. José Luis Sánchez-Cortez & Kathleen Vélez-Macías & Vinicio Macas-Espinosa & Clelia Naranjo-Freire, 2023. "Characterization of Geoheritage and Geotourism Potential of the Fluvial-Glacial Landscapes in the Culebrillas Lagoon (Ecuador)," Tourism and Hospitality, MDPI, vol. 4(3), pages 1-16, July.

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