Volcano and geothermal tourism: sustainable geo-resources for leisure and recreation
This book provides the first global review and assessment of the sustainable use of active and dormant volcanic and geothermal environments for geo-tourism. It covers the most important issues of this growing tourism sector whilst incorporating relevant global research, including the question of balance between sustainable tourism development and risk management, making it an essential resource for all in the field.
The overall book shows that volcano and geothermal tourism is a subsection of nature-based geo-tourism and incorporates a variety of other tourism categories such as adventure tourism, extreme tourism, eco-tourism, green tourism, educational tourism, and hot spring tourism. Individual chapters cover all key volcanic and geothermal regions around the world.