Mining tourism and the search for its origins

Rybár, Pavol; Hronček, Pavel

doi:10.7494/geotour.2017.50-51.3

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“…For the first hypothesis, it was clear that the respondents were familiar with the concept of brownfields, or mining brownfields, and had already visited such objects, but especially in connection with their professional education. The majority (67) replied that such an object was a foreign element in the landscape and had a visually negative effect, with an adverse impact on all landscape components. This statement was valid only for mining brownfields without adaptations or with only minimal adjustments for mining tourism.…”

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“…Mining tourism is defined as a phenomenon describing unique mining machinery and facilities, enabling exploration of the underground spaces with specific abiotic and biotic components, allowing one to admire the cultural heritage linked to historical mining, which is opened to the general and professional public" [66]. The work of Rybár and Hronček also provided an extended but very similar definition in terms of content [67]. Hronček and Gregorová and their team [68], in their analyses of virtual mining tourism, also based their research on this definition.…”

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Transforming Brownfields as Tourism Destinations and Their Sustainability on the Example of Slovakia

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This study analyzes the issue of mining brownfields (sites abandoned after the extraction of minerals) in terms of their secondary use after revitalization as potential new sites of mining tourism. In the first part of the paper, we deal with the theoretical basis of the study, the conceptualization of mining brownfields, possibilities for their revitalization, and their sustainability for mining tourism. In the second part, we analyze mining brownfields as devastated mining sites using a questionnaire survey conducted among students of geotourism and geography at three Slovak universities in Košice, Banská Bystrica, and Prešov. The result of our several years of field research was a database of mining brownfields in Slovakia. According to our findings and the latest theoretical and methodological literature about other types of brownfields, we compiled a comprehensive definition of mining brownfields. The questionnaire survey confirmed that mining brownfields are interesting destinations for (mining) tourism with long-term sustainability. The equipment of the services did not directly determine the number of visitors, who did not perceive the risk and danger of visiting mining brownfields.

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“…Comparing the number of visitors, it ranks higher than the Austrian Hallstatt, which is probably the oldest salt mine in the world. The history of salt mining dates back to the Middle Bronze Age and it is related to the Swedish Falun (which once belonged to the most im-portant copper mining areas in the world), and the Columbian Zipaquirá, which is the largest salt deposit in the world (Rybár and Hronček, 2017).…”

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An Overview and Future Prospects of Croatian Geotechnological Heritage

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Maričić²,

Brkić³

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Industrial heritage plays an important role in the economical, historical, and cultural identity of contemporary European society. A significant part of the industrial heritage consists of historical buildings which have remained after mining and petroleum exploitation. Moreover, industrial heritage can be also nurtured in countries in which mining and petroleum activities are not fully developed. It is inevitably associated with geological heritage. Furthermore, geological heritage is essential for a better understanding of nature, its wider appreciation and better protection. Mining has always played a significant industrial role, but it has recently lost its significance due to increasing environmental requirements regarding the European green deal and transforming the economy for a sustainable future. However, old mining and petroleum heritage sites can become attractions and they can contribute to the development of tourism and the community itself. A new term “geotechnological heritage”, presented in this paper, is related to mining, geological and petroleum heritage due to their significant interaction. This paper presents the used and unused touristic potential of heritage on selected sites in the Republic of Croatia. In addition, an analysis of the Croatian undervalued geotechnological heritage has been performed after the exploitation of stone and other nonmetallics, coal, metals, and petroleum. Unlike Croatia, the potential of geotechnological heritage has been recognized and exploited in most European countries. Therefore, Croatia has a great opportunity to develop heritage based on the experience of more successful members of the European Union.

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“…The most important part of industrial mining tourism is the cognition of geological and mining conditions at the surface and underground. Rybár & Hronček (2017) defined mining tourism as a phenomenon describing unique objects and mining machinery, and providing an opportunity to explore the underground spaces, in which both the abiotic and biotic nature components can be recognized, as well as cultural heritage related to past mining activity can be admired by both the amateurs and the professionals. The term "mining tourism" was applied and defined by several other authors (e.g., Conlin & Jolliffe, 2011;Kobylańska, 2013;Pérez-Álvares et al, 2016).…”

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The development of tourism in the Historical Silver Mine and the groundwater management system in Tarnowskie Góry - a case study of mining heritage tourism

Polak¹

2023

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This article presents the values of the Silesian mining heritage in the context of accessibility of the Zabytkowa Kopalnia Srebra (Historical Silver Mine) in the Tarnowskie Góry. Simultaneously, this is the largest, best-preserved and accessible historicallead-silver mine in Poland with its unique, integrated historical groundwater management system of drainage adits and a potable water supply network. In this area, industrial heritage is now becoming a precious touristic and cultural value in and of itself. The scope of the article includes the characterization of all objects added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, the description of ground and underground tourist trails and the history of their accessibility. Not all underground workings have been included into the tourist trail, due to their preservation conditions, accessibility and mine safety measures. The paper also presentsa multi-faceted evaluation of the accessibility to all objects of mining heritage, including sites that are currently inaccessible, but still have the potential for tourism development.

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Mining tourism and the search for its origins

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

Transforming Brownfields as Tourism Destinations and Their Sustainability on the Example of Slovakia

Transforming Brownfields as Tourism Destinations and Their Sustainability on the Example of Slovakia

An Overview and Future Prospects of Croatian Geotechnological Heritage

The development of tourism in the Historical Silver Mine and the groundwater management system in Tarnowskie Góry - a case study of mining heritage tourism

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