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Geotourism
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Location : Kandahar , Afghanistan
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18 Dec 2012
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Geotourism
Geotourism deals with non-living parts of the natural and built environments.“Looking at the environment in a simplistic manner, we see that it is made up of Abiotic, Biotic and Cultural(ABC) attribures. Starting with the ‘C’ or cultural component fi rst, we note that of three features it is this one which is generally the most known and interpreted, that is, through information about the built or cultural environment either in the past (historical accounts) or present (community customs and culture).
The ‘B’ or biotic features of fauna (animals) and flora (plants) has seen a large focus of interpretation and understanding through ecotourism. But it is the first attribute of the ‘A’ or abiotic features including rocks, landforms and processes that has received the least attention in tourism, and consequently is the least known and understood.This then is the real power of geotourism, in that it puts the tourist spotlight firmly on geology, and brings it to the forefront of our understanding through tourism".
Geotourism was first defined (Hose, 1995) in England. But, there are two viewpoints of geotourism: More
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