Ways to develop geotourism in the territory of the new subjects of the Russian Federation
Journal: The Professors Magazine Recreation and Tourism Series
Year: 2022

The purpose of the article is to develop specific proposals to identify the importance of geotourism, geodiversity and geoheritage for Southwestern Russia. Abandoned underground mines and mine workings are put forward as a resource of geotourism and geodiversity objects. The excursion “Windows into the Underground World” is substantiated. It is proposed to create a geopark in the Donbas. Attention is drawn to the megaliths of Donbass. Different approaches to geotourism are analyzed. Geotourism a