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Geotourism is tourism based on geology and promotes geological conservation at the same time as it encourages the economic and social development of local communities. ‘Volcanic tourism’ is one particular type of geotourism. Volcanoes and volcanic landscapes have a worldwide fascination and many are visited annually by huge numbers of people.
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Estimated figures according to the number of visitors entering information and visitor centres in Catalan natural parks in 2012 and 2013 published in the reports Environmental data in Catalonia. 2012 and 2013. See bibliography. From 2014 onwards, these documents no longer provide any data on visitor numbers in Catalan protected areas.
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Planagumà, L., Junquera, I., Canal, E. (2017). Geotourism in La Garrotxa. In: Martí, J., Planagumà, L. (eds) La Garrotxa Volcanic Field of Northeast Spain. Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42080-6_8
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