Mining Heritage and Tourism [electronic resource] : A Global Synthesis

ISBN:

9780203865507

Title:

Author:

Conlin, Michael V.

Personal Author:

Conlin, Michael V.

Publication Information:

Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Series:

Routledge Advances in Tourism

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of contributors; Part I: Introduction; 1 What happens when mining leaves?; Part II: 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 The branding of Beaconsfield: How a mining disaster put the Tasmanian town on the tourist map; Part III: Transforming mines into heritage attractions

6 Mining the mining museum on New Zealand's North Island: Rich veins of dissent7 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 Visitor interpretation of the environmental impacts of the gold rushes at the Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park, Australia; 10 Sustaining the benefits of heritage mining for site, city and region: Exploring the success of Sovereign Hill outdoor museum; Part IV: 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, UK12 Mining heritage and tourism in the former coal mining communities of Cape Breton Island, Canada; 13 Geotourism site development in Slovakia; 14 Mining tourism in the Spanish province of Huelva: The case of the Riotinto Mining Park; Part V: Globalization and the future of mining attraction destinations; 15 Planning for the future: Tourism options for an open pit coal mine at Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

16 Mining tourism in Ouro Preto, Brazil: Opportunties and challenges17 Mining heritage, local development and territory identity: The case of Sardinia; 18 Geotourism, mining and tourism development in the Bay of Fundy Canada; 19 From mining boom towns to tourist haunts: The ghost town life cycle; Part VI: Lessons learned; 20 Lessons in transforming mines into tourism attractions; Index

Subject Term:

Heritage tourism.

Mineral industries -- Economic aspects.

Mineral industries -- Social aspects.

Added Author:

Jolliffe, Lee.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2010

Publication Information:

Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010.

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Summary

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.

Author Notes

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.nbsp; 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.