Geotourism in Corona (COVID-19) related crisis - Advantage of being outdoors : In case of San'in Kaigan UNESCO Global Geoprk -

Noritaka Matsubara, NAGAHAMA SATOSHI

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[O-02] Natural disasters and people -Listen to the voice of the Earth on the Japanese Geoparks-

Sun. Jun 6, 2021 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM Ch.02

convener:Noritaka Matsubara(Graduate School of Regional Resource Management, University of Hyogo), Kyohei Sano(Graduate School of Regional Resource Management, University of Hyogo), Suzuka Koriyama(Itoigawa city), Hikaru Yokoyama(Hokusho University)

5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

[O02-P04] Geotourism in Corona (COVID-19) related crisis - Advantage of being outdoors : In case of San'in Kaigan UNESCO Global Geoprk -

*Noritaka Matsubara¹, NAGAHAMA SATOSHI¹ (1.Graduate School of Regional Resource Management, University of Hyogo)

Keywords:geopark, tourism, COVID-19

The Corona (COVID-19) has a great impact on tourism in the world. UNWTO reports international tourist numbers could fall 60-80% in 2020. The other hand, number of tourists increased on some geosite and activity group in the San'in Kaigan UNESCO Global Geopark. We discuss why the number of tourists has increased or not changed in some sites and activities.