red dune
A red dune is a quantity of sand that was created by the erosional work of wind or water. Dunes are natural creations made by nature’s brilliant craftsmanship. They are eminent geomorphological features of arid landscapes whose morphological profile, size, height, interdune spacing, granulometric, and compositional profile, combined with their dynamics, render them impossible to resist as tourist destinations. Ecotourism is a green pilgrimage to relatively unspoiled natural sites to revere and respect nature and indigenous culture.
Ecotourism, in its anthropocentric orientation, which attempts to optimize the latest safari desert dubai dune tourist experience, identifies tourists as victims of psychosocial daily tribulation. These victims need unspoiled sites for the management of psychosocial stress. Isolated ecotourism sites are thus expert psycho-social open-air clinics for managing physical and psychosocial stress. They give lively emotional ties to nature by providing superior opportunities to enjoy privacy and peace.
In ecotourism, aside from the gate charge that is commonly paid by ecotourism sites, additional income may be derived from tourists participating in different activities.
Activities such as walking, Horse and camel rides, sandboarding, paragliding, sand sculpturing, quad biking, and ballooning enhance tourist satisfaction and maintain patronage, thereby the rust to dunes-abundant sites. Because of the above, dune-carrying ecotourism sites such as the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado USA, Japan’s Tottori National Park, the Sessile in Namibia, Middle East, and Iranian deserts are highly patronized by the Bilateral Oases sector of Chad Basin National Park being the only exception because of insecurity, laxity, and absence of destination innovate.
Jeep dune driving 4×4, sledding, jumping off the dunes, zip lining, sleeping and rolling down the dune, sand bathing/sand therapy, jogging, parasailing, flying with gliders over dunes, paragliding, dune Camel/Horse riding, dune cycling, camping on dune, biking tour normal bike, hot air balloon riding, dune dancing, dune wheelchair riding, quad/quad biking, yoga adventure, photography on dunes, sandboarding, dune mining, dune watching, sightseeing, volunteer conservation project, educational workshop, star gazing and Astronomic tour, guided nature tour, witnessing dawn and dusk on dunes, and botanical tour.
The findings indicate that the majority of intended tourists wanted to pay for such activities within the study area to cut costs and avoid the risk of going abroad for recreation and dune safari dubai desert tourism. It also suggests that the respondents were aware of the significance and need for ecotourism.
Dune’s Characteristics
Besides sightseeing, photography, and interdune driving, cycling, and biking which can be facilitated by coastal red dunes that do not consist of multiple shapes, sizes, heights, and colors, physical features such as shapes, sizes, heights, and colors illustrated by inland and desert dunes makes them more interesting and attractive compared to the beach dunes 2025. Besides arousing Curiosity and attraction: The features of the dune are also able to sustain sand sports such as yoga, camping, ballooning, sleeping and rolling down dune, stargazing at the top of the dune, sand burying and therapy, watching dawn and dusk on the top of the dune, and dune hill racing 2025.
The outcome indicates that the most amazing dune activities were sandboarding, bike tours, hot air ballooning, sky diving, caving/sculpture, horse riding, wildlife safaris, camel riding, quad biking, and dune hiking. Four sandboarding, hot air ballooning, sky diving, and dune hiking out of these 10 activities are best practices in high dunes with prominent physical features. In Asia, activities like sledding, paragliding, dune Camel riding, dune cycling, biking tours, Snorkeling Scuba diving, Sailing and kayaking, bungee jumping, nature photography, cultural study, camping and village homestay have been the practice in Sikkim, Goa and Rajasthan in India Bharat Go Green, 2023 because desert dunes in these destinations have to pronounce physical characteristics that support these activities.
Tourist Willingness to Pay
Globally, the rate of tourists at ecotourism sites is growing exponentially, and so are the revenue, employment generation, and employment opportunities. In 2020-2025, the yearly visitors’ patronage to Colorado’s GSDNP grew by 100 percent, and 603,000 tourists toured the red dunes of the GSDNP in 2021. In Rwanda, from 2023 to 2024, the number of visitors in National Parks will increase by 142.4 percent from 959,329 -1.1 million. In Kenya, the inflow of ecotourism grew by 70 percent from 882,353 in 2023 to 1.5 million in 2024. National Parks, Game and Forest Reserves, Sanctuaries, Zoos, Caves, and Waterfalls are the most sought-after nature tourism spots in Nigeria. The park is situated in Niger and Kawar state, Nigeria.
Materials and Method
The soil consists of merge sands, clay, Aeolian sands, red sands and gravels, lacustrine sands, and ancient alluvium, which form a compound topography. The loose texture of the soil renders it susceptible to being reduced by the dry wind because no system of space drainage is prevalent in the study area. Even more so, the smoothly inclined plains that marked the relief of the research location slope downward steadily from around 361m on the south side to 304m along the northeastern frontier.
The smoothly sloping plains, which were typically parallel to wind direction, normally resisted dry wind and facilitated the development of dunes. Rainwater, groundwater and seasonal water in oases are the only types of water to be used by the residents for domestic and farming purposes, whose economic activities are dominated by crop production, animal keeping, pottery, potash excavation, and trade.
Conclusion
Red Dunes in Chad Basin National Park Bilateral Oases sector vary in their characteristics ranging from variable size, shape, height, and color. Its characteristics form its potential for use in ecotourism. These possibilities render desert dunes highly appealing as opposed to beach dunes, which are amorphous, hill-less, and monochrome.
Dunes’ features in the research area can accommodate various ecotourism activities such as hiking, dune sports, parasailing, paragliding, and many other activities that will enhance tourist fulfillment and revenue collection to attain financial autonomy. Frequent monitoring of latest red dunes characteristic in the study area should be done because dunes are mobile, and these characteristics, which support red sand desert dubai safari based ecotourism activities, change over time due to the erosional action of wind.
