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Center for

Sustainable Destinations

Uniting Culture, Nature,Preservation, and Economics:

TheGeotourism Strategy

10 Steps to Get Started

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Center for

Sustainable Destinations

10 Steps to Start a Geotourism Program:

1. Create a baseline of information:

Inventory human/ physical assets

Use destination scorecard to rate destination

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Center for

Sustainable Destinations

10 Steps to Start a Geotourism Program:

1. Create a baseline of information

2. Reach out to key stakeholders

form a Geotourism Stewardship Council

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Center for

Sustainable Destinations

10 Steps to Start a Geotourism Program:

1. Create a baseline of information

2. Reach out to key stakeholders

3. Set a geotourism vision and desired goals

Make Choices

Adopt Geotourism Charter

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Center for

Sustainable Destinations

10 Steps to Start a Geotourism Program:

1. Create a baseline of information

2. Reach out to key stakeholders

3. Set a geotourism vision and desired goals

4. Define a catalytic project to demonstrate geotourism atwork:

MapGuide

Through Your Eyes Photo Exhibition

Essay Contest

Best of by Local Voices

Geotourism Awards

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Center for

Sustainable Destinations

10 Steps to Start a Geotourism Program:

1. Create a baseline of information

2. Reach out to key stakeholders

3. Set a geotourism vision and desired goals

4. Define a catalytic project to demonstrate

geotourism at work

5. Secure funding and partners, if necessary

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Center for

Sustainable Destinations

10 Steps to Start a Geotourism Program:

1. Create a baseline of information

2. Reach out to key stakeholders

3. Set a geotourism vision and desired goals

4. Define a catalytic project to demonstrate

geotourism at work

5. Secure funding and partners, if necessary

6. Assign roles and responsibilities

Establish benchmarks

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Center for

Sustainable Destinations

10 Steps to Start a Geotourism Program:

1. Create a baseline of information

2. Reach out to key stakeholders

3. Set a geotourism vision and desired goals

4. Define a catalytic project

5. 5. Secure funding and partners, if necessary

6. Assign roles and responsibilities

7. Implement

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Center for

Sustainable Destinations

10 Steps to Start a Geotourism Program:

1. Create a baseline of information

2. Reach out to key stakeholders

3. Set a geotourism vision and desired goals

4. Define a catalytic geotourism project

5. Secure funding and partners, if necessary

6. Assign roles and responsibilities

7. Implement

8. Evaluate impact

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Center for

Sustainable Destinations

10 Steps to Start a Geotourism Program:

1. Create a baseline of information

2. Reach out to key stakeholders

3. Set a geotourism vision and desired goals

4. Define a catalytic geotourism project

5. Secure funding and partners, if necessary

6. Assign roles and responsibilities

7. Implement

8. Evaluate impact

9. Celebrate Success and Tell Others!

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Center for

Sustainable Destinations

10 Steps to Start a Geotourism Program:

1. Create a baseline of information

2. Reach out to key stakeholders

3. Set a geotourism vision and desired goals

4. Define a catalytic geotourism project

5. Secure funding and partners, if necessary

6. Assign roles and responsibilities

7. Implement

8. Evaluate impact

9. Celebrate Success

10. Do it all over again! Youll never finish, but thats part of the fun and

key to sustainable tourism growth.