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Analytics in smart tourism design : concepts and methods
Presenting cutting edge research on the development of analytics in travel and tourism, this text introduces new conceptual frameworks and measurement tools, as well as applications and case studies for destination marketing and management.
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An Introduction to Mining Tourism Route in Yazd Province
Nowadays, mining tourism is known as a strategy for local development and an alternative economy in remote areas. Yazd province is Iran's mineral hub and has a high potential for promoting mining tourism. However, this form of tourism in the province has not been considered as it should. This paper emphasizes on recognizing the mining tourism routes in Yazd province. Field trip and observation method were used in this research, and the results identified four routes (Taft-Mehriz route; west of Meybod city; the route from Yazd to Tabas and The distance between Bafgh and Bahabad) for promoting mining tourism in the province.
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The once and future Silver Queen of the Rockies : Georgetown, Colorado, and the fight for survival into the twentieth century
\"The life of Georgetown, Colorado, after the turn of the twentieth century as mining in Clear Creek County steadily declined and ultimately collapsed. Tourism, skiing, and historic preservation replaced mineral extraction and contributed to Georgetown's survival, and ultimate flourishing, after the loss of its principal industry\"--Provided by publisher.
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Clustering residents of a spanish mining site: when attitudes towards tourism are not linked to perceptions
is study uses a segmentation framework to categorize the residents of Minas de Riotinto, a mining town in Andalusia, Spain, based on their perceptions of the personal and community effects of tourism. ese segments were then classified according to their tourism attitudes, utilizing a three-dimensional approach encompassing affective, cognitive, and behavioral elements. For this purpose, a cluster analysis and the Kruskal-Wallis test were successively applied to the responses of 346 residents. The results revealed three main groups of residents: \"interested and enthusiastic supporters\", \"disinterested and moderate supporters\" and \"incongruous and impulsive residents\". Contrary to our expectations, all groups showed favorable affective attitudes towards tourism development in their region. However, significant differences emerged between groups concerning the cognitive and behavioral dimensions of their attitudes.
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The Contribution of Tourism to Sustainable Rural Development in Peripheral Mining Spaces: The Riotinto Mining Basin (Andalusia, Spain)
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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Mining tourism in abandoned and existing mines in the Swedish Far North
The Swedish North is sometimes described as a resource periphery, while others choose to label it a pleasure periphery. Regardless of the terms used, the region is characterised by problems such as out-migration and demographic issues. This study investigates why there are such different perceptions of the same area, and whether there is any contradiction between extractive resource industries and the tourism industry. This is done by collecting visitor data from mining companies and conducting interviews with a variety of respondents in three mining communities in northern Sweden. Mining tourism is a phenomenon occurring in this region and can be regarded as a context in which the two main narratives meet while being a rather overlooked form of tourism. This is partly due to the low level of knowledge regarding its impacts, but also to a somewhat established idea of mining tourism as a “bad” form of tourism. Individuals’ perceptions of mining tourism as a phenomenon seem to be highly value-related and influenced by both location and occupation. As such, various opinions can be explained by social exchange theory, which proposes that attitudes will be influenced by individuals’ evaluation of outcomes for themselves and their community. In this paper, the emergence of mining tourism is understood as knowledge creation rooted in a regional path dependency on mining and tourism. Hence, mining tourism becomes a new regional tourism product that contributes to tourism, at least in terms of standard technical visits and, at best, a well-developed tourist attraction that appeals to visitors in quantities similar to iconic regional attractions such as the Icehotel. Then again, a tourism industry selling dreams of “untouched nature” argues that this tourism product produces “bad imaging”.
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Modeling of Vanished Historic Mining Landscape Features as a Part of Digital Cultural Heritage and Possibilities of Its Use in Mining Tourism (Case Study: Gelnica Town, Slovakia)
The study provides a methodology for 3D model processing of historic mining landscape, and its features as mining digital cultural heritage with the possibility of using new visualization means in mining tourism. Historic mining landscapes around the towns of Gelnica (eastern Slovakia) had been chosen for the case study. The underground mining spaces around Gelnica, which are currently inaccessible to clients of mining tourism, were processed using 3D modeling. Historically, correctly processed 3D models of mining spaces enable customers of mining tourism to virtually travel not only in space, but what is most important, in time as well. The up-to-date computer-generated virtual mining heritage in the form of 3D models can be viewed via the Internet from different perspectives and angles. The models created this way are currently the latest trend in developing mining tourism.
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Mining Heritage and Mining Tourism
The mining industry leaves behind a large number of tangible or intangible remains. A part of them can be used by different actors as a mining heritage. Specific cultural or social values and meanings, which remind of the importance of mining in the past and today, are represented through this mining heritage. To preserve them, the heritage must be passed to future generations. One of the ways is mining tourism. However, the relation between the mining heritage and tourism is not simple as the complex mining heritage has many specific features that differ from the traditional tourist attractions and conceal many pitfalls. The aspects of authenticity or approaches to heritage interpretation are also important.
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POTENTIALS IN MAKING USE OF THE MINING HERITAGE ASSETS IN THE SPIŠ REGION TO DEVELOP MINING TOURISM IN SLOVAKIA
The contribution focused on the investigation of the potential in making use of the mining assets that in the past have been employed in extraction and processing mineral wealth of the Spiš region. One of the possibilities is in employing them as part of mining tourism, a less traditional form of experience-based tourism. The region abounds in a great number of unique old-time mining works offering a high potential for preserving objects of underground mining, establishing open-air museums, educational paths as part of the Spiš Geopark currently in stage of preparation. Support to mining tourism in the region featuring specific geographical and socio-demographical conditions may be turned into the main factor of its sustainable development. The authors are involved in defining the region's potential for mining tourism while taking into account the wide variety of factors of development in the area, the status quo of local marketing management in tourism, historical context, etc. The final part is a solution suggesting how to make best use of the available products of tourism on offer with the aim to ensure systematic development of mining tourism in the area. All that by way of implementing the principles of marketing and management-based approach when setting up a local mining-destination.
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The political economy of mining tourism : a strategic nation-building opportunity for South Africa’s North West province
The culture of turning mining sites into tourism destinations of the future has remained a path to nation-building in many states. This study investigates the political economy of mining tourism in South Africa. It revealed that even when communities own mining rights, this does not guarantee any sustainability of their mining industry. Many mines in South Africa are closing down; resulting in job losses by many breadwinners. Retrenchment, rather than retirement is a common phrase in the South African mining industry. However, communities and the government are reluctant to explore new products such as mining tourism. The study focused on the mining tourism sector in the North West Province of South Africa. A case study approach across 8 mines was done. The study argues that the closure of mining operations should not be seen as a threat, and miners, government and communities adjacent to these mines should consider mining tourism as an opportunity to establish a niche tourist product. Mining tourism has a potential to boost entrepreneurship in South Africa.
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