Industrial Heritage Tourism in Europe

1. Industrial Heritage Tourism in Europe Prof Dr Wolfgang Ebert

2. One common Brand for a common Market

3. European Route of Industrial Heritage What did we achieve – where do we go ?

4. Industrial Heritage Tourism is: A special interest Offer But no »Niche Market« ! It is an important Trend in Cultural Tourism In all of the old industrial Areas round the World A Theme, no Destination A great economical Success We are creating a common Brand for Europe

5. is a European Project for: Urban Regeneration Industrial Heritage Sustainable Tourism Part-financed by the EU-INTERREG-Program

6. The Occasion: The Campaign of the EU: Europe – Our Shared Heritage The Model: Route Industriekultur at “The Ruhr”

7. A successful tourist Product

8. On the Market since 1999 www.route-industriekultur.de 25 Anchor Points – the Highlights 552 additional Sites on the 25 Theme Routes The Base: Network-Marketing More than 10 Millions of Visitors each Year An Investment of more than 2 Billions In the Silicon Valley of the Heavy Industry

34. Our Tasks Spreading of Information about Sites to Marketing-Organisations Helping to upgrade the Marketing of the Sites Upgrading the Site-Quality by exchanging Experiences Emphasing the "European Perspective“of Industrial History Regeneration through Heritage A Network of Communicationfor Partners and Experts Direct Customer Informationabout Sites and Routes

35. Sites and Networks The most attractive Sites in Europe With outstanding Historywhich has to be told most interestingly With touristic on-site and off-site Potentials We call them Anchor Points And more: Many smaller Sites as parts of Industrial Landscapes They are part of the Regional Routes Anchor Points, Regional Routes and more sites are parts of the European Transnational Theme Routes All Routes are starting from the Anchor Points A Network which is telling European History most interestingly

36. ERIH Anchor Points84 AP in 12 countries

37. 12 Regional Routes

38. 10 European Theme Routes- over 850 sites - in 32 countries Mining Iron and Steel Textiles Production Energy Transport Water Housing |Architecture Service and Leisure Industry Industrial Landscapes

39. The Marketing Model Network-Marketing One for all – all for one One Anchor Point – one Landscape Market-Potential in Europe: 150 Million

40. Perspektives beyond 2013 250-300 Anchor Points 40-50 Regional Routes 3000 Sites at the Theme Routes More than 75 Millions Visitors each Year

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