[O-06] [JJ] Geoparks in Japan -Lesson to be learned from the failure-

[O06-P28] The first step to establish the Geotourism brand;
report of the 9th Japanese Geoparks Network workshop in Mine-Akiyoshidai Karst Plateau Geopark

*Tomoko Yamagata¹, Hokuto Obara¹, Kazuhiro Yuhora² (1.Mine-Akiyoshidai Karst Plateau Geopark Promotion Council, 2.Tokuyama University)

Keywords:Mine-Akiyoshidai Karst Plateau Geopark, the 9th Japanese Geoparks Network workshop, geotourism

We held the 9th Japanese Geoparks Network (JGN) workshop on Geotourism brand in Mine-Akiyoshidai Karst Plateau Geopark from March 10 to 12, 2017. About 100 geopark office and travel staffs participated in the workshop. The purpose of this workshop was to establish the Geotourism brand. Each Geopark attempts to make unique tour in each area. To satisfy the visitor with season-free geotour was the subject of this workshop. We continue improvement and considerations of the geotour for next JGN National Conference in Oga Peninsula-Ogata Geopark from October 25 to 27, 2017. In this poster, we introduce the results of the workshop and some voices of the participants.