Abstract
Geotourism of Libyan desert is highlighted in this paper in terms of its origin and distribution of its elements within the descriptive approach. Libyan Desert as a part of Great Sahara displays a spectacular Paleozoic geological exposures with unique cultural and social prehistorical panorama in addition to the recent and past volcanisms and earthquakes effected areas. The Geotourism features in the studied region can be grouped into two main categories according to their origin: i) internally induced features such as mountain ranges and the associated activities (volcanism and earthquakes effected areas), and ii) externally induced features such as Valleys, dunes, sand sheets, caves, lakes, etc.. The Quaternary (Pleistocene – Holocene) climatic change impact on the valley terraces and the scattered dry paleolakes are also recoded. Furthermore, the sediments and fossils (faunas and floras) are largely accessible attractive geotourism element in region. Recent projects of the natural resources such as oil and Man-Made River Projects (MMRP) are also considered in this paper for its value.
Highlights
The geotourism is defined as a kind of tourism where tourists visit the geological and geographical regions for enjoying the fascinating geological features such as Mountain ranges, Plateaus, Valleys (Dry valleys), Karst features, Sand Dunes, Rivers, Lakes (Paleo-lakes) and other attractive geological features which considered an open museum
The Travel Industry Association (TIA) of America has defined the geotourism as that type of tourism who focused on the importance of geographical sites and showing the characteristics of the different geological features of the place from the natural, environmental and cultural point of views together with the human activities at that location
This work based on information collected from several sources, the most important are: 1. Geological field trip has been conducted by the team work to the different desert localities during different seasons: a trip to Ghat organized by the Exploration division of the Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCo) in the Murzuq Basin and precisely the vicinity of Ghat City in 1985
Summary
The geotourism is defined as a kind of tourism where tourists visit the geological and geographical regions for enjoying the fascinating geological features such as Mountain ranges, Plateaus, Valleys (Dry valleys), Karst features, Sand Dunes, Rivers, Lakes (Paleo-lakes) and other attractive geological features which considered an open museum. The Travel Industry Association (TIA) of America has defined the geotourism as that type of tourism who focused on the importance of geographical sites and showing the characteristics of the different geological features of the place from the natural, environmental and cultural point of views together with the human activities at that location. The geological desert features play an important role in attracting the tourists due to the followings: 1. The geological desert features play an important role in attracting the tourists due to the followings: 1. They are the corner stone of various past cultural and social communities, who carved, painted and recorded their social and cultural activities during past periods on the walls of the valleys and caves of the mountains, as the prehistoric people used the local rocks in hunting, agriculture and cooking
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