Sugar cane industrial heritage in oriental coast of Málaga. A tourist route opportunity

S Martín,M A Sebastián,F J Trujillo,J Claver,C Bermudo,L Sevilla

doi:10.1088/1757-899x/1193/1/012138

Abstract

Industrial heritage, as a historical and cultural heritage typology, can be considered a new opportunity to generate tourism interest in a zone. Along the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century, the oriental coast of Málaga (Spain) was considered a reference area in the sugar cane cultivation and manufacturing. Nowadays, different sugar cane factories assets remain. These assets can be considered an opportunity to increase visitors and to improve the economy of this area. In this work, six sugar cane factories have been evaluated. Different characteristics has been proposed and a value has been assigned to each one. Finally, a route to visit the proposed sugar cane factories has been designed. The main advantage of this tourism route is that can be done in one day, reinforcing the current touristic offer and attracting new visitors to this area.

Highlights

Nowadays, industrial heritage has been accepted internationally as a heritage typology
Conventional and aerial photography with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle have been used to collect the main characteristics of the heritage assets
A joint presentation of these sugar factories has been proposed, in order to carry out intervention projects and a possible tourist route

Summary

Introduction

Industrial heritage has been accepted internationally as a heritage typology. Along the 19th century, different sugar cane factories were developed in the oriental coast of Málaga. The possibility to distribute the sugar cane production by ship gave national and international recognition to this manufacturing activity [2]. This activity was gradually closing along the 20th century due to the tourist development of this area. Taking in to account the national and international tourist relevance of this area and the proximity of the assets, creating a tourist route around the different sugar cane factories can contribute to promote the knowledge of this industrial heritage in the society and the local economy. In this work, different sugar cane factories in the oriental coast of Malaga have been analysed to value the tourist interest of these industrial heritage assets

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