La Reutilización del patrimonio industrial como recurso turístico. Aproximación geográfica al turismo industrial

Abstract

This paper analyzes the opportunities that the industrial heritage offers as a tourist resource. This rich and widespread industrial legacy is used as a tool to recover past and collective memories. There are numerous examples in all developed countries, although the first experiences were in Northern European countries. Museums, Cultural and interpretation centers have been created in old abandoned factories. Progressively, these factories sometime unified in industrial routes have increasingly become a new attraction for those interested in finding more about our industrial past. A new tourist theme has appeared, the so called industrial tourism, that has an important geographic content since it tries to recover the cultural, social and economic values of the old industrial landscapes.