A new approach to assessing the potential of geological tourism development: The case of Mountainous Adygeya
Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Year: 2022

<em>Geological tourism is an innovative direction, which has gained popularity in the past years. Russia and, particularly, its southern regions possess rich natural heritage, which constitutes potential for this specialized kind of tourism. The aim of the present work is development of a new approach for assessing of the potential of geological tourism development in a given territory. It is tested by example of Mountainous Adygeya – a territory where unique geological phenomena concentrate. Th