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Galápagos: An Emerging Volcano Tourism Destination

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The Galápagos Islands of Ecuador are located in the eastern Pacific Ocean 927 km off the west coast of South America. The islands lie on the equator and cross into both the northern and southern hemispheres.

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Acknowledgments

This chapter is an expanded version of an original case study presented in the book Global Geotourism Perspectives (Dowling and Newsome 2010). The author also wishes to acknowledge the assistance of Francisco Dousdebés, Metropolitan Touring Ecuador, for providing information, photos and the map to support this chapter. His contribution was invaluable in preparing this chapter of the book.

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  1. Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia

    Ross Dowling

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    Patricia Erfurt-Cooper

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Dowling, R. (2014). Galápagos: An Emerging Volcano Tourism Destination. In: Erfurt-Cooper, P. (eds) Volcanic Tourist Destinations. Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16191-9_14

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