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Geoheritage Sites and Scope of Geotourism in Land of Chhattisgarh, India

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Global Geographical Heritage, Geoparks and Geotourism

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Geoheritage sites are scientifically, educationally and culturally significant for mankind. These include the areas like rock sites, cave sites or shelters, waterfalls, springs, lakes, minerals or mining sites having Outstanding Universal Value with notable geological features. Besides having great opportunities for tourism in areas of Eco-tourism, Bio-tourism, Tribal tourism, Ethno-Tourism, Village tourism, Folk tourism, Medical tourism and Archaeological tourism, Chhattisgarh state has also a wide scope of geotourism. Chhattisgarh is the abode of a large number of geological sites. The Kutumsar cave and Chitrakot Waterfall in Bastar, Bailadila iron ore mines in Bastar, coal mines in Korba, Raigarh, Raipur, etc., Tatapani Hot Water Lake in Balrampur and many other sites in Chhattisgarh are the good examples of natural geosites. The overexploitation of natural resources for the sake of heavy industrialization and mining activities will lead to the extinction of these sites in Chhattisgarh in the near future. Therefore, it is high time to aware and educate the local people about the scientific, religious and educational importance of these geoheritage sites. The government should take more and more initiative in promoting and popularizing the geotourism in these areas and should make geosites protection law and geoethics for the use of geoheritage sites. Promoting geotourism with proper laws and ethics will not only lead to the conservation and protection of these geosites but also help in economic upliftment of the local people.

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Tripathi, S. (2021). Geoheritage Sites and Scope of Geotourism in Land of Chhattisgarh, India. In: Singh, R., Wei, D., Anand, S. (eds) Global Geographical Heritage, Geoparks and Geotourism. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4956-4_13

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