Publisher's Synopsis
When most people think geology in a natural tourist destination is only able to tell you the rock's history (geotourism or geological tourism), the author argue: geology able to do more than just explaining the rocks!
By his idea of tourism geology, the author offer new opportunity increase visitor experience, new tourist attraction, new tourist destination, new tourism market, new tourism type, and (hopefully) a new job!
Tourism geology idea is able to be applied anywhere: National Park, National Monument, UNESCO Geopark, or other natural tourist destinations. The book is the first tourism geology textbook, the real geological application for tourism to support tourism-related professionals! Suitable for those who want to change the world.
To unlock tourist attraction potential from geological point of view, tourism geology idea is provided as the other new perspective on geology and tourism relation, other than geo(logical)tourism. It is about the future of tourism and also business opportunity where geological knowledge able to support various types of tourism markets, e.g. the markets of:
o Sun and Beach Tourism
o Adventure Tourism
o Health Tourism
o Medical Tourism
o Cave Tourism
o Volcano Tourism
o Deep Sea Tourism
o Moon Tourism
o Mars Tourism
Written by a geologist who dedicated his years to develop it, he shares his perspective in:
o 1 chapter of introduction
o 4 chapters of know-why arguments
o 5 chapters of know-how knowledge as research demonstration.
Tourism geology idea provides what should be asked to geologist and what should be delivered by geologist to tourism-related professionals (e.g. park manager, tour guide/operator, and park rangers).
Hence, those two professions able to communicate in the same content and same context. The content is to deliver proper geological knowledge, while the context is tourism as a business.
