When most people think geologist in a natural tourist destination is only able to tell you the rock's history (geotourism or geological tourism), the author argue: geologist able to do more than just explaining the rocks!
The author offer new opportunities through his idea of tourism geology: increase visitor experience, increasing safety awareness, new tourist attraction / tourist destination, new tourism market, or even new tourism type. Tourism geology idea is able to be applied anywhere: National Park, National Monument, UNESCO Geopark, even deep ocean floor or Mars!
Tourism geology idea is provided as the other new perspective on geology and tourism relation. It is about the future of tourism and also business opportunity where geological knowledge able to support various types of tourism markets, e.g. the markets of:
•Sun and Beach Tourism
•Adventure Tourism
•Health Tourism
•Medical Tourism
•Cave Tourism
•Volcano Tourism
•Deep Sea Tourism
•Moon Tourism
•Mars Tourism
Written by a geologist who dedicated his years to develop it, he shares his perspective in:
•1 chapter of introduction depicts the general description of the book,
•4 chapters of know-why arguments which describe tourism geology phylosophy, tourist attraction, tourist activity, safety, and impact of the activity, what make it differ with geotourism, and
•5 chapters of know-how knowledge as research demonstration.
Tourism geology idea provides what should be asked to geologist and what should be delivered by geologist to tourism-related professionals (e.g. park manager, tour guide/operator, and park rangers). Hence, those two professions able to communicate in the same content and same context. The content is to deliver proper geological knowledge, while the context is tourist attraction. The book is the first tourism geology textbook, the real geological application for tourism to support tourism-related professionals.
