Renewable energy sources as an attractive element of industrial tourism

Ecomuseums (on Clean Energy), Cycle Tourism and Civic Crowdfunding: A New Match for Sustainability?

“…At the same time, we will try to understand if the increasing number of visitors has, as consequence, a greater level of interest in investing in the project by the municipalities and the energy companies. Figure 2 shows the proposed categorisation of Beer et al [11] of the common interactions between RES and tourism. From the lowest to the highest levels of interaction, the number of visitors, and therefore motivation to invest in the project, increases.…”

“…Starting from what has already been demonstrated in terms of the links between cycle tourism and sustainability [7], the interaction between RES and tourism [11] and finally the placed-based dimension of a civic crowdfunding campaign [10], this research has shown that a proposed ecomuseum on clean energy has the potential to attract the highest level of cycle tourists, to increase the crowd of potential funders, thereby attracting the interest of the municipalities concerned, not-for profit associations and energy and tourism firms, and thus significantly increase the beneficial effects on sustainability from the economic, social and environmental points of view. The new knowledge, experience and skills created by such a project represents new and important benefits acquired by all stakeholders, which together create a complex local network with positive effects on society.…”

“…Starting from Beer et al's [11] proposal, which demonstrated the interaction between tourism and RES, we test if it will be possible to achieve the greatest number of visitors in the case that the type of tourism involved is cycle tourism and the ecomuseum is based on RES. At the same time, we will try to understand if the increasing number of visitors has, as consequence, a greater level of interest in investing in the project by the municipalities and the energy companies.…”

“…Furthermore, the protection and promotion of this heritage by the Ecomuseum of Clean Energy may have an important effect on tourism. Indeed, the interaction between tourism and renewable energy sources (RES) has been demonstrated, and it is evident that RES have a strong impact on the tourism industry as a result of the eco-image of the destination, which increases the tourist flow [11].…”

“…Beer et al [11] proposed a categorisation of the common interactions between RES and tourism and demonstrated that as the level of interaction progressively increases, the number of visitors grows, and their enthusiasm and interest encourages different potential stakeholders to invest in the project. Our starting point consists of the connection between cycle tourism and the ecomuseum based on RES.…”