Mining Heritage and Tourism (eBook, ePUB)

A Global Synthesis
Redaktion: Conlin, Michael; Jolliffe, Lee

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Many former mining areas have now lost their industrial function and are now turning to tourism for regional revitalization and community economic development. The transformation process of these industrial, and in some cases derelict, mining sites and landscapes into an area of interest for tourists is a major challenge both for planners and for tourism managers. It involves complex consideration to both the preservation of the physical site and community mining heritages as well as the health, safety and environmental factors inherent in opening these vast sites to the public.Mining Heritage and Tourism includes contributions from internationally recognized authorities and is the first book to focus on the issues, challenges and potentials in redeveloping mines as cultural heritage attractions which are explored thematically throughout the book. It draws on multidisciplinary research to consider the dichotomy between heritage preservation and tourist development goals for mining heritage sites as well as to explore the practical challenges of developing these sites. These themes are illustrated by case studies from a vast range of geographical locations around the globe to offer operational insights into the planning and management of these sites for both heritage and tourism purposes, as well as innovative site management techniques.There has never before been a more comprehensive book on mining heritage tourism representing the latest developments in strategy, policy and practices. This book serves as an invaluable guide for students, researchers, academics and practitioners in the areas of Tourism and Heritage Management.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135229054
• Artikelnr.: 42982024

Autorenporträt

Michael V. Conlin is a Professor in the Okanagan School of Business in Kelowna, BC, Canada. He also teaches for the University of Guelph and Royal Roads University. His academic interests include island tourism and his current work includes an investigation of the use of industrial infrastructure for touristic purposes in British Columbia and elsewhere. Lee Jolliffe is an Associate Professor of Hospitality and Tourism at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John. Her academic work explores the use of culture for tourism in a variety of contexts that include rural and island tourism situations.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Introduction 1. What Happens When Mining Leaves? Section 2:
Interpreting Mining Heritage 2. The Making of Two Mining Museums: Bowes and
Beamish, North East England 3. Chinese Mining Heritage and Tourism in the
Goldfields of the Pacific Rim 4. Pilgrimage in Heritage Tourism: Finding
Meaning and Identity in the Industrial Past 5. Branding Beaconsfield: The
Great Escape Puts Small Tasmanian Town on the Tourist Map Section 3:
Transforming Mines into Heritage Attractions 6. Mining the Museum: A Rich
Vein for Dissent 7. Transforming Working Mines into Tourist Attractions:
Conceptual and Practical Considerations 8. Developing a Heritage Tourism
Attraction in a Working Salt Mine: The Kansas Underground Salt Museum 9.
Interpreting the Environmental Impacts of the Gold Rushes at the
Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park 10. Sustaining the Benefits of
Heritage Mining for Site, City and Region: Exploring the Success of
Sovereign Hill Outdoor Museum Section 4: Traditional Mining Attraction
Destinations 11. Flogging a Dead Horse or Creating Cultural Capacity? The
Development and Impact of Mines as Alternative Tourist Destinations: A Case
Study of South Wales, UK 12. The Benefits and Challenges of Implementing
Tourism in Mining Communities Attractions 13. Geotourism Sites Development
in Slovakia Geza 14. Mining Tourism in the Spanish Province of Huelva: The
Case of the Mining Park of Riotinto Section 5: Globalization and the Future
of Mining Attraction Destinations 15. Planning For the Future: Tourism
Options for an Open Pit Mine, Vietnam 16. Mining Tourism in Ouro Preto
(Brazil): Opportunities and Challenges 17. Mining Heritage, Local
Development and Identity: The Case of Sardinia Giovanni Sistu 18.
Developing Geological Tourism in the Bay of Fundy Region 19. From Mining
Boom Towns to Tourist Haunts: Ghost towns and Mining Heritage Section 6:
Lessons Learned 20. Lessons in Transforming Mines into Tourism Attractions