香港花岗岩地貌地质旅游的开发(英文)

The Development of Geotourism on Granitic Landforms in Hong Kong

地质旅游利用现有的地质资源,以一种崭新的角度去发展可持续性的旅游景点。香港地少人多,发展旅游吸引点是极度困难的。香港陆地约有30 %为花岗岩覆盖,其中的一半已在城市之下,其余的则拥有相当吸引人的地质景象,有极大潜力发展地质旅游。除吸引地质生态有关游客外,在花岗岩地区开发地质旅游,更容易普及地球科学,同时增强公众对地质地貌之欣赏能力,提高环保及地质保护意识。不过,于香港花岗岩区发展地质旅游所遇到的困难亦不少,主要来自规划、行政及安全的问题,当中需要政府、地区民众及地质旅游工作者并肩合作,寻求最佳解决方法。

Geotourism provides a new perception to sustainable development of new tourist attractions by using existing and available geological resources. Land in Hong Kong is scarce. Exploring new tourist attraction is extremely difficult. 300% of the territory is covered by granites and about half of it is urbanized. However, the remaining area comprise the most fascinating and interesting geological features in the territory and possesses great geotourism potential. Apart from attracting ecotourists, geotourism development in the granitic areas of Hong Kong help popularizing geosciences and enhancing appreciation of rocks and landforms which arouses public awareness and support for geoconservation. However, the development encounters a number of planning, administration and safety problems and requires the collaboration of government, local people and geotourism operators to find out the best solution.