Prethodno priopćenje
Geotourism in Almeria Province, southeast Spain
Thomas A. Hose
; School of Sport, Leisure & Travel, Faculty of Enterprise & InnovationBuckinghamshire Chilterns University College, Wellesbourne Campus, United Kingdom
Sažetak
South-east Spain has since the 1960s been a destination for mass domestic and foreign with tourists attracted to Andalucia’s resort regions of Almeria and Malaga. Attracted to the narrow coastal strip’s sandy beaches and associated tourism infrastructure, the often dramatic and varied inland landscapes have until quite recently seldom attracted mass tourists. However, with central and provincial governments’ acknowledgement of the need to develop environmentally and economically sustainable forms of tourism, new types of tourist and tourism provision have been sought since the 1990s. Geotourism is one form of such sustainable niche tourism; its development has been supported by a rapidly evolving and emerging range of landscape and wildlife protection measures and promotion. Because of its rich and varied geology, topography and wildlife, subsumed within ‘natural landscape’, Almeria Province has already developed the basis for considerable geotourism development. In late 2006 the success and national excellence of these measures was recognised with the award of UNESCO Geopark status to the Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park. This paper summarises and analyses geotourism provision in Almeria Province. It also examines the management issues for geotourism in fragile landscapes. Finally, it indicates the role that such provision can play in the broader context of sustainable tourism in Spain’s Mediterranean coastlands.
Ključne riječi
geotourism; sustainable tourism; Almeria; Spain
Hrčak ID:
24647
URI
Datum izdavanja:
5.10.2007.
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