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Video: What Is Geotourism?

Learn about geotourism by seeing what real practitioners have done.

Video: Choices

Choices travelers and communities make today shape the destinations of tomorrow.

About Geotourism

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Working to protect the places we love through wisely managed tourism and enlightened destination stewardship.

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Destination Scorecards

How do your favorite places stack up?

Writers Guide

How to get the real story.

Tips for Geotravelers

Have fun while doing good.

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Image: Geotourism Challenge 2009

Photograph by Peter Marbach (Mount Hood summit)