Every Tuesday at 1300 UTC, Global Geoparks worldwide and their local partners are encouraged to share the best examples of their work promoting geological heritage and supporting sustainable economic development through eco-tourism.

UNESCO: UK launches #GeoparkHour

Designed to develop and enhance cultural tourism in Kars through pro-poor tourism development policies, safeguarding of tangible and intangible cultural heritage and development of capacities of communities and enterprises for income generation and job creation in the province of Kars.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN VENICE

While all of these places are of the luxury calibre, the emphasis is on eco-tourism and preservation of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

FORBES: Read This Before You Book Your Summer Escape

In a letter sent to the World Heritage Centre in Paris, the Department of Natural Resources and Tourism says the 50km (30-mile) section of road across the park will "continue to be managed mainly for tourism and administrative purposes, as it is now".

BBC: Serengeti road scrapped over wildlife concerns