Aerial geotourism is a result of the combination of earth science, tourism, and aviation together, that is the tourism use of geodiversity, geoheritage, and especially geomorphological landscapes through various flying vehicles. In fact, aerial geotourism includes various aspects of tourism, recreation, aesthetics, education, interpretation, understanding, geohistorical, and geoconservation by flying over geological landscapes in natural, urban, and rural areas. Due to the impressive growth of geotourism, the extraordinary advancement of the aviation industry, and the use of various flight vehicles, it is necessary to consider the potentials, strategies, and development plans of aerial geotourism. In this study, for the first time, aerial geotourism has been introduced as a new field of research and a new branch of geotourism through four examples in Iran, and both aerial and terrestrial field experiences. The first example (Lut Desert World Heritage) showed that aerial geotourism is practically carrying out, but only based on the recreation and landscape beauty, without knowledge of the geodiversity and geotourism. The second example was the Tehran-Qeshm flight route, which aircraft flying over diverse geomorphological landscapes, and due to the type of these travels and various restrictions, aerial geotourism cannot be proposed; however, it can be considered as a new product to provide more services to passengers by airlines. The third and fourth examples were the Damavand volcano and the Dasht-e Kavir desert, which, as representatives of other natural areas, showed great potential for the development of aerial geotourism. Eventually, aerial geotourism can play a key role in geoconservation and geoeducation through decreasing physical contact pressure on geosites and geomorphosites, and promoting the understanding of geodiversity. Nevertheless, there are many issues that need to be addressed by researchers for a successful aerial geotourism.

空中地质旅游是地球科学，旅游业和航空业相结合的结果，也就是说，旅游业通过多种飞行器利用了地球多样性，地理遗产，尤其是地貌景观。实际上，空中地质旅游通过在自然，城市和农村地区飞越地质景观，包括旅游，娱乐，美学，教育，解释，理解，地质历史和地质保护的各个方面。由于地质旅游的迅猛发展，航空业的飞速发展以及各种飞行器的使用，有必要考虑航空地质旅游的潜力，战略和发展计划。在这项研究中，这是第一次 通过在伊朗的四个例子以及空中和陆地领域的经验，已经将空中地质旅游作为一个新的研究领域和一个新的地质旅游分支进行了介绍。第一个例子（Lut Desert世界遗产）表明，空中地质旅游实际上正在开展，但是仅基于娱乐和风景秀丽，而没有关于地球多样性和地质旅游的知识。第二个例子是德黑兰-格什姆航线，该飞机飞越不同的地貌景观，由于这些旅行的类型和各种限制，因此无法提出空中地质旅游。但是，它可以被认为是一种新产品，可以为航空公司向乘客提供更多服务。第三个和第四个例子是达马万德火山和达什特卡维尔沙漠，它们是其他自然地区的代表，具有发展空中地质旅游的巨大潜力。最终，空中地质旅游可以通过降低对站点和地貌的物理接触压力，并增进对地球多样性的了解，在地理保护和地理教育中发挥关键作用。然而，成功的空中地质旅游有许多问题需要研究人员解决。