We’ve now had a whole year of ‘Friday Photos’ on our old blog and now this new EGU hosted blog. As a special treat today we have not one, but three images from the Taklamakan Desert and some of the highest sand dunes in China.
Taklamakan Desert, China: Geotourism close to the oasis town of Dunhuang
Another example of geotourism in Gansu Province. The dunes and crescent moon lake oasis near Dunhuang are a hub for tourist activity in the area. Education and conservation however are poorly managed in favour of income generation.
(c) Geology for Global Development, 2012
For other images in our ‘Friday Photo’ series – please see the full archive here
Jean C
Interesting how they turned an oasis into a tourist spot.
I live on the Oregon coast, and there are sand dunes in the area.
Some have been turned into tourist attractions in which dune buggies are driven around the area, people can go sand boarding down the dunes ( see youtube “sandboarding oregon”) and some of the lakes among the dunes can be swum in.
It is quite the tourist attraction in the summer. However, certain people are also trying to protect the areas and the flora and fauna in them.