Geopark Annual Reports - European Geoparks Network
Geopark Annual Reports - European Geoparks Network
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Basque Coast <strong>Geopark</strong> – SPAIN<br />
Many new guided tours were organised in the karst area of the geopark in 2011.<br />
Above, a guided tour in the Zinoa karst landform, Mutriku. Summer 2011.<br />
At the end of 2011, the Basque Coast <strong>Geopark</strong> celebrated its first full year of<br />
operation. Many promotional activities took place during this time, carried out by<br />
the geopark or by its partners. The geopark has also developed many initiatives<br />
and carried out intense networking. A few of these activities are listed below:<br />
● The new geopark website (www.geoparkea.com) was launched in May<br />
2011. This website provides information about the geopark and has an online<br />
booking system that promotes and sells the guided tours offered by the<br />
geopark.<br />
● Guided tours and activities have increased significantly in the inland areas of<br />
the geopark, known as the “Karst Route”. A total of over 200 scheduled<br />
geotourism guided tours were offered within the geopark in 2011, with a higher<br />
number of visitors than in previous years.<br />
● "The Coastal Flysch Route" was named by the Basque Government as one<br />
of the Top Tourist Experiences in the Basque Country, and was the most<br />
frequently visited “experience” in its website (http://turismo.euskadi.net/es/topviajes/la-ruta-del-flysch/x65-12375/es/).<br />
Moreover, a promotional video of the<br />
Coastal Flysch Route was produced by the Basque Government for TV-<br />
EUSKADI (http://www.tveuskadi.net/32188/la-ruta-del-flysch).<br />
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