European Geoparks are members of a Network which actively promotes tourism as a driver for economic development and job creation. Since ‘A European Geopark is a territory which includes a particular geological heritage and a sustainable territorial development strategy’ geotourism and geoconservation are major components of the development strategies in all geoparks. Many geoparks were established either within existing Nature Parks (e.g. Parco Del Beigua Geopark, Italy), National Parks (e.g. Fforest Fawr Geopark, Wales) or Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (e.g. The North Pennines AONB, England), and were already subject to measures designed to protect their natural and cultural heritage. Geoparks are therefore territories with a strong regional identity, derived from their natural and cultural characteristics. Earth history, nature and landscape combined with cultural and regional traditions provide the ingredients for developing geo-tourism. Discovering, how the Earth has changed over millions of years, appreciating the time scale involved in these changes combined with individual nature experiences opens the door to exciting new products such as time walks, field trips which involve tasting locally grown products or appreciating traditional art and music workshops. During the last decade, geoparks have implemented and advanced holistic experiences of nature which combine leisure, enjoyment and adventure with the acquisition of information and knowledge. Since its inception in 2000, the EGN emphasized the growth and promotion of geotourism as a means of contributing to the sustainable development of geopark territories. This new form of special interest tourism is now regarded as a fast emerging global phenomenon with an educative function.