Mohammad Hosein Ramesht; Ozra Daneshi Maskooni
Volume 23, SEPEHR , July 2014, , Pages 41-47
Abstract
Nature tourism which is referred to as ecotourism, is a kind of tourism in which the tourists visit natural landscape without damaging nature. Geotourism or geological tourism is an ecotourism-related field which introduces geological phenomena to tourists while sustaining spatial identity. Geotourists ...
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Nature tourism which is referred to as ecotourism, is a kind of tourism in which the tourists visit natural landscape without damaging nature. Geotourism or geological tourism is an ecotourism-related field which introduces geological phenomena to tourists while sustaining spatial identity. Geotourists seeks to visit geomorphological attractions, ancient anthropological findings, caves, mine attractions, and etc. Comprehensive identification of prone areas for Nature and geological tourism and a precise planning to find resources of these areas are among necessary solutions for developing tourism industry. The present article seeks to investigate morphological forms and procedures influencing tourism in Kerman, recognize tourism attractions, and determine spatial priorities for selecting appropriate places to build tourism attractions in the area. Applied and descriptive-analytic research method is used. The study observes, describes and defines different parts of the area and it is performed as a secondary research and field study. In the present article, locating ecotourism in Kerman province is performed using citation method. A comprehensive view of different parts of the province and unique attractions of the area are presented, so that we can use available potentials to attract tourists. Kerman province is introduced as one of the most attractive places in regard to Nature tourism.
