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T1 Urban geotourism in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
A1 Dóniz Páez, Francisco Javier
A1 Hernández, William
A1 Pérez, Nemesio M.
A2 Geografía e Historia
A2 Grupo de Investigación Geopatrimonio y Geoturismo en Espacios Volcánicos
K1 volcanic geoheritage
K1 geotourism
K1 urban geotourism
K1 La Palma
K1 Canary Islands
K1 Spain
AB Abstract: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) stated that“sun and beach” tourist destinations needed to direct more resources towards innovation, sustainability and accessibility. This is related to the crisis that many sun and beach tourist destinations areexperiencing. In the Canary Islands, changes to legislation together with urban and tourist productshave been made in accordance with UNWTO proposals. For many years the island of La Palmahas been offering tourists hiking, stargazing and volcano tourism besides “sun and beach holidays”.However, the 2021 eruption of Tajogaite, Cumbre Vieja aggravated the island’s tourism crisis andcaused very negative effects on the economy. This work identifies, selects and characterizes placesof interest for geotourism development in the two largest population centers (Santa Cruz de LaPalma and Los Llanos de Aridane). Santa Cruz de La Palma has 20 points of interest; Los Llanos deAridane has 14. All sites contribute to showcasing the diversity of the natural and cultural volcanicand non-volcanic heritage of the regions. The geotourism product in La Palma is relatively newand exploits the topography present, including natural outcrops (cinder cones, lava fields, ravines,cliffs, sedimentary deposits or beaches), and also the cultural heritage (religious and civil architecture,streets or town planning, planes). These proposals for urban geotourism take advantage of thevolcanic geoheritage of La Palma and increase the breadth and quality of tourism on offer
YR 2022
FD 2022
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RD 14-oct-2024