Geotrails as a Medium for Education and Geotourism: Recommendations for Quality Improvement Based on the Results of a Research Project in the Swabian Alb UNESCO Global Geopark
Geotourism is one of the fastest growing tourism branches. Geoparks feature prominently in geotourism as well as geoeducation. Well-designed geotrails link local geology, geoheritage and geoeducation. Unfortunately many trails do not consider or insufficiently acknowledge recent didactic and tourist...
Main Authors: | Julian Stolz, Heidi Elisabeth Megerle |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-08-01
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Series: | Land |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/9/1422 |
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