Open AccessTaking advantage of industrial heritage for the needs of tourism in the Silesian province
Author(s) -
Arkadiusz Przybyłka
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
vìsnik lʹvìvsʹkogo unìversitetu. serìâ geografìčna
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2415-7201
pISSN - 2078-6441
DOI - 10.30970/vgg.2013.43.1631
Subject(s) - post industrial society , industrial heritage , tourism , attractiveness , symbol (formal) , production (economics) , promotion (chess) , industrial production , industrial region , business , economy , cultural heritage , geography , political science , regional science , archaeology , cultural heritage management , economics , computer science , art , politics , keynesian economics , law , macroeconomics , programming language , aesthetics
Silesian province is constantly associated with an industrial region. However, in the last years a lot of industrial plants have finished or limited their production. Extraction of coal that is still a symbol of the region, is being limited over the last years. Moreover, there are still numerous postindustrial sites which have not been in a production process for many years. It gives an opportunity to use this industrial heritage for the needs of industrial tourism. In this way attractiveness of the region increases, and it makes possible usage and protection of the sites instead of their slow destruction. This article shows how industrial heritage is used for the development and promotion of the Silesian province. Key words: industrial heritage, industrial tourism, technological monuments.