Geodiversity and Tourism Sustainability in the Anthropocene

Abhik Chakraborty
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Abhik Chakraborty: Faculty of Tourism, Wakayama University, Wakayama 640-8510, Japan

Tourism and Hospitality, 2022, vol. 3, issue 2, 1-13

Abstract: Geodiversity has recently emerged as a key idea for recognizing the value of abiotic nature. The concept has vital implications for informing tourism sustainability research; however, to date, tourism scholarship has not shown adequate engagement with this concept. The issue also assumes further significance in the Anthropocene, where our species has become a geological force. Here, through a review of key works related to geodiversity and Anthropocene, their interface is analyzed, and implications for tourism sustainability are presented. It is argued that, in the Anthropocene, it is no longer enough for tourism sustainability research to remain preoccupied with the human predicament in the Anthropocene or the decline of biotic nature at some prominent tourism destinations, and it is imperative that tourism scholars embrace the concern for abiotic diversity and dynamic earth processes that provide vital resources and services for tourism planetwide.

Keywords: geodiversity; abiotic nature; Anthropocene; planetary change; geosystem services; tourism sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z3 Z30 Z31 Z32 Z33 Z38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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