Mining Heritage and Tourism
A Global Synthesis
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 internati…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Jolliffe, Lee (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-135-22906-1
- EAN: 9781135229061
- Produktnummer: 19563933
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 5'570 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 49 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 40 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 9 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 23 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
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.
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