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<p>Industrial heritage assets represent cultural heritage objectives that have multiple values (historical, technological, architectural, cultural, and social). The purpose of this study is to analyze the degree of interest of tourists to visit the Unirea salt mine in the town of Slănic Prahova (Romania) as an industrial heritage attraction. To develop the study, the authors applied a questionnaire to a number of 348 Romanian tourists with the aim of evaluating the degree of knowledge of the tourists regarding the mining heritage and the degree of interest in (re)visiting the Unirea salt mine. The main results of the study reflect the fact that there is a low share of tourists (16%) who visited the Unirea mine as an industrial heritage attraction. The main conclusion of this study is that, due to the complexity of the Unirea mine as an industrial heritage attraction, it requires better tourism exploitation to attract more visitors.</p>
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Industrial heritage assets represent cultural heritage objectives that have multiple values (historical, technological, architectural, cultural, and social). The purpose of this study is to analyze the degree of interest of tourists to visit the Unirea salt mine in the town of Slănic Prahova (Romania) as an industrial heritage attraction. To develop the study, the authors applied a questionnaire to a number of 348 Romanian tourists with the aim of evaluating the degree of knowledge of the tourists regarding the mining heritage and the degree of interest in (re)visiting the Unirea salt mine. The main results of the study reflect the fact that there is a low share of tourists (16%) who visited the Unirea mine as an industrial heritage attraction. The main conclusion of this study is that, due to the complexity of the Unirea mine as an industrial heritage attraction, it requires better tourism exploitation to attract more visitors.

Industrial Heritage as a Tourist Attraction. Case Study Unirea Salt Mine (Romania)

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Industrial heritage assets represent cultural heritage objectives that have multiple values (historical, technological, architectural, cultural, and social)....

Industrial Heritage as a Tourist Attraction. Case Study Unirea Salt Mine (Romania)

Pubblicato online: 20 lug 2023

Pagine: 109 - 114

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2023-0043

Parole chiave
mining heritage, technological value, industrial tourism, perception, tourist motivation

© 2023 Florentina-Cristina Merciu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Industrial Heritage as a Tourist Attraction. Case Study Unirea Salt Mine (Romania)

Pubblicato online: 20 lug 2023

Pagine: 109 - 114

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2023-0043

Parole chiavemining heritage, technological value, industrial tourism, perception, tourist motivation

© 2023 Florentina-Cristina Merciu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
mining heritage, technological value, industrial tourism, perception, tourist motivation