To browse Academia. The paper discusses volcano and geothermal tourism, focusing on the attraction of volcanic landscapes and geothermal features for tourists. It highlights the various aspects of this type of tourism, including safety concerns, visitor motivations, environmental impacts, and the role of local communities and economies. The study aims to provide insights into how volcanic tourism can be managed sustainably while maximizing benefits for both visitors and local stakeholders.
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Using a dataset retrieved by structure-from-motion from historical imagery, the present contribution provides an insight on the landscape trajectory of the volcano between the period and , using the lenses of geomorphology and biogeography. The results have shown that the volcano has been evolving in two different manners since the eruption.
The summit area of the volcano still holds a large amount of material pyroclasts of 50 m depth have been measured from the imagery. This area has seen a return of the vegetation, which contrasts with the foot of the volcano, trapped in a concrete coffin, limiting the return of vegetation and living the wounds of the eruption open.
