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GEOTOUR & IRSE 2012
CONDITIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME OF POST-MINING
RELICS’ MANAGEMENT FOR GEOTOURISM ON EXAMPLE OF THE PROJECT
“RECLAMATION OF TERRITORIES DEGRADED BY MINING ACTIVITIES IN THE
AREA OF THE MIRSK COMMUNE AND ESTABLISHING THE TOURIST ROUTE –
BY THE TRACES OF THE FORMER ORE MINING”
Malwina Kobylańska
KGHM CUPRUM Ltd Research & Development Centre, Wrocław
e-mail: m.kobylanska@cuprum.wroc.pl
ABSTRACT
The article presents the issues concerning implementation of the project of post-mining relics‟
management for geotourism and industrial tourism as regards the economy, technique, environment
and formal-legal questions. Within the last decade in Poland and in the whole world the interest in
industrial tourism, as well as in projects regarding protection of post-mining installations has
increasingly grown. Also the number of products for tourism stimulating the development of regions
has grown.
INTRODUCTION
Activity for protecting and disposal of post-mining heritage for tourism has started in Poland
on larger scale since 2005 as a result of world-wide trends observations in this branch as well
as the initiative of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Thanks to activities of this
organization it was possible to create the International Documentation and Research Centre
on Industrial Heritage for Tourism (IDRC-IHT) in September 2008, which is the integral part
of the Monumental Coal Mine “Guido” in Zabrze.
Fig. 1 The geotouristic route in Monumental Coal Mine „Guido” in Zabrze.
Source: www.kopalniaguido.pl
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