Neisseland geopark: Concept, purpose and role in promoting sustainable tourism
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2019
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Mendel University in Brno
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Over the past few years, work has started to establish the Neisseland Geopark, which should be located in the German-Czech-Polish borderland. This area is very rich in attractive geosites, whose diversity in a small area is mainly caused by the junction of highland composed of several units of with geological basement and lowland that is represented by platform cover. However, there are also several large-scale protected areas in this area, so the question is whether the geopark is meaningful, and what is its purpose. In our article, we describe the current state of the schedule to create a Neisseland Geopark, and connection to the most important geosites in the region. A geopark is introduced as a comprehensive tourist product designed to protect the natural and cultural heritage, promote sustainable tourism, increase the love of own countryside and educate the public. The situation of the emerging geopark is compared to other geoparks in Central Europe, their activities and their functioning, with special regard to the fact that the geopark would be trilateral. Discussed is the question of geopark as a marketing brand that should attract tourists to less visited areas and support the local economy there. © 2019 Public Recreation and Landscape Protection - With Sense Hand in Hand...
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Geodiversity, Geosite, Geotourism, Regional development, Sustainable tourism
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978-807509659-3