1. Railway Heritage and Tourism: Themes, Issues and Trends

Conlin, M. V.; Bird, Geoffrey

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“…However, creating new products takes longer, from the idea to the implementation and the opening to the public, due to heritage protection legal and financial issues (Int01, Int12). This shows, as has been studied, that the transformation of IMH into tourism resources and products is complex [38,50].…”

Section: The Tourist Value Of Mining Heritagementioning

confidence: 78%

“…From a demand point of view, IMHT is developed in the context of market segmentation, which responds to the demand for heritage preservation, cultural experiences, and non-mass spaces where mines occupy the central role [3,40]. It is intended for specific market segments, such as the educational, family, social, and business segments [20,49]; yet, specialized attractions can also be offered, e.g., attractions aimed at railway enthusiasts [50].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There is seasonality and a variable demand that does not involve spending the night (Int01, Int02, Int03, Int11), which is a general characteristic of IMHT [6,7,15]. IMHT affects a wide range of visitors [50,99] and promotes the educational aspect of the IMH [3].…”

Section: The Tourist Value Of Mining Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In general, the visitors link exoticism with the tourist experience and not with distance [101]; exoticism is less vulnerable in crisis contexts [102], as demonstrated during the pandemic. IMHT affects a wide range of visitors [50,99] and promotes the educational aspect of the IMH [3].…”

Section: The Tourist Value Of Mining Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Contribution of Tourism to Sustainable Rural Development in Peripheral Mining Spaces: The Riotinto Mining Basin (Andalusia, Spain)

Bahamonde-Rodríguez,

Šadeikaitė,

García-Delgado

2024

Sustainability

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Since the middle of the 20th century, the crisis of industrial mining activities in Western Europe has caused the cessation of mining, triggering a structural crisis. The necessity to look for alternatives has been widely discussed; among these alternatives, tourist activities based on mining heritage stand out. However, it is essential to address the study of those unattractive peripheral spaces in which new activities encounter obstacles to their development and face post-industrial and rural crises. The Riotinto Mining Basin (Huelva, Andalusia) represents an example of such rural spaces; it has an enormous cultural heritage, and the mine has recently been reactivated. The objective of this research is to analyze the contribution of mining tourism to sustainable rural development. The applied methodology was mixed and was based on interviews and secondary data. The results are (a) the achievement of the tourism value of the mining heritage; (b) the difficulties tourism faces in overcoming its peripheral condition; (c) the relative contribution of tourism to the improvement of the territorial image; (d) the lack of coordination among stakeholders; and (e) the limited contribution of tourism to sustainable rural development and its movement to a secondary economic role after the reopening of the mine.

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Section: The Tourist Value Of Mining Heritagementioning

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Section: The Tourist Value Of Mining Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Tourist Value Of Mining Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Contribution of Tourism to Sustainable Rural Development in Peripheral Mining Spaces: The Riotinto Mining Basin (Andalusia, Spain)

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Šadeikaitė,

García-Delgado

2024

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“…Des stratégies telles que la narration (photo 3) ou le jeu de rôle ont été développées pour intéresser même les plus jeunes visiteurs à travers une expérience à la première personne, en utilisant également les technologies les plus modernes. La première association née audelà des frontières anglaises fut la Puffing Billy Preservation Society, fondée en 1955, pour la protection et la conservation de la ligne homonyme, l'une des premières à vapeur en Australie et qui existe encore aujourd'hui(Conlin et Bird, 2014).Au cours de ces mêmes années, les premières lignes à écartement standard ont également commencé à être protégées en Grande-Bretagne. Parmi elles, la Middleton…”

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The Railway Heritage in Italy in comparative perspective. State of art and open issues

Astrella¹

2020

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The Contribution of Tourism to Sustainable Rural Development in Peripheral Mining Spaces. The Riotinto Mining Basin (Andalusia, Spain)

Bahamonde-Rodríguez,

Šadeikaitė,

García-Delgado

2023

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The crisis of mining-industrial activities in Western Europe since the middle of the 20th century caused the cessation of mining, triggering a structural crisis. It is necessary to look for alternatives, among which tourist activities based on mining heritage stand out. However, there are unattractive peripheral spaces in which new activities encounter obstacles to their development, facing the post-industrial and rural crises. The Riotinto Mining Basin (Huelva, Andalusia) represents an example of such spaces with an enormous cultural heritage. A central agent, the Río Tinto Foundation, has opted to enhance tourism value, while the mine has recently been reactivated. The objective of this research is to analyze the contribution of mining tourism to sustainable rural development. The methodology applied has been mixed based on conducting interviews and analyzing secondary data. The results are (a) achievement of the tourism value of the mining heritage; (b) difficulties for tourism to overcome its peripheral condition; (c) relative contribution of tourism to the improvement of the territorial image; (d) lack of coordination among stakeholders; (e) limited contribution of tourism to sustainable rural development, moving to a secondary economic role after the reopening of the mine.

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1. Railway Heritage and Tourism: Themes, Issues and Trends

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The Contribution of Tourism to Sustainable Rural Development in Peripheral Mining Spaces: The Riotinto Mining Basin (Andalusia, Spain)

The Contribution of Tourism to Sustainable Rural Development in Peripheral Mining Spaces: The Riotinto Mining Basin (Andalusia, Spain)

The Railway Heritage in Italy in comparative perspective. State of art and open issues

The Contribution of Tourism to Sustainable Rural Development in Peripheral Mining Spaces. The Riotinto Mining Basin (Andalusia, Spain)

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