Mining Tourism Research Articles

Manajemen Event Dalam Penguatan Branding Kota Wisata dan Budaya

Entertainment is a human need fulfilled through tourism, which not only provides enjoyment but also offers new experiences. The tourism sector has significant potential to boost local and national economies, requiring effective management and promotion through various strategies, including events. This research highlights the crucial role of event management in strengthening the branding of Sawahlunto City as a "Cultural Mining Tourism City," focusing on how events can be designed, managed, and evaluated to support the city's identity. This study employs a qualitative approach with a case study method. The results showed that the event management was still far from what should be done. This can be seen from several points that are not well implemented in the procurement of the event.Research that is seen from the shortcomings related to preliminary research that should be done before event planning. Design that has been done quite well by the city government of Sawahlunto. Planning is seen from the city government of Sawahlunto has been in accordance with what should be related to event planning to brand the city. Coordination is seen that the Sawahlunto city government pays less attention to this. And evaluation is not done by the city government of Sawahlunto.

Mining heritage gone wrong: A study of disappointed tourists at China’s national mine parks

ABSTRACT Mine parks are a late twentieth-century addition to the global heritage repertoire. To date, most studies of visitor experiences at mining heritage sites focus on tourists who appreciate their outings. Yet mine parks do not satisfy all those who visit. What goes wrong for those who visit these destinations and feel disappointed, and how do they express their displeasure? We answer this question by scrutinising the online negative reviews of tourists from seven Chinese national mine parks. Our analysis indicates ‘disgruntled tourists’ want the sites of former resource extraction to include a sight and meet their expectations for hospitable, accessible, and knowledgeable service. When mine parks fail to deliver, they become disappointed, dissatisfied, and angry. They overwhelmingly articulate their unhappiness using a language of ‘lack’ or deficiency and talking about ‘value for money’. The reviews further suggest that disappointed visitors write online reviews to vent negative emotions, warn other tourists, and punish site staff. Drawing on the broader literature on mining tourism, heritage tourism, and visitor experiences, we indicate strategies that mining heritage professionals could use to remedy disgruntled tourists’ sense of deficiency, while also contributing to scholarly discussions about what makes tourism meaningful.

The Contribution of Tourism to Sustainable Rural Development in Peripheral Mining Spaces: The Riotinto Mining Basin (Andalusia, Spain)

Since the middle of the 20th century, the crisis of industrial mining activities in Western Europe has caused the cessation of mining, triggering a structural crisis. The necessity to look for alternatives has been widely discussed; among these alternatives, tourist activities based on mining heritage stand out. However, it is essential to address the study of those unattractive peripheral spaces in which new activities encounter obstacles to their development and face post-industrial and rural crises. The Riotinto Mining Basin (Huelva, Andalusia) represents an example of such rural spaces; it has an enormous cultural heritage, and the mine has recently been reactivated. The objective of this research is to analyze the contribution of mining tourism to sustainable rural development. The applied methodology was mixed and was based on interviews and secondary data. The results are (a) the achievement of the tourism value of the mining heritage; (b) the difficulties tourism faces in overcoming its peripheral condition; (c) the relative contribution of tourism to the improvement of the territorial image; (d) the lack of coordination among stakeholders; and (e) the limited contribution of tourism to sustainable rural development and its movement to a secondary economic role after the reopening of the mine.

Шахтний туризм як чинник регенерації індустріального міста: кейс шахти «Цольферайн», м. Ессен (Німеччина)

Many post-industrial regions reinterpret their industrial past as a resource for tourism. In this context, the experience of the Ruhr region in Germany is a classic example. This area has gone from being one of the largest industrial centres in Europe to a virtually completely regenerated area based on the principles of post-industrialism. This makes this area a benchmark for the development of industrial tourism in general and mine tourism in particular. This paper examines the case study of the Zollverein mine, which positions itself as the most beautiful mine in the world. The complex of the mine and the nearby coke plant is used both for direct tourism and marketing purposes and as an instrument of memory and identity politics. Through a personal visit and an expert interview with a representative of the mine, the key areas of its regeneration and the creation of a number of different locations that preserve a universal industrial history aimed at a wide audience were studied. The article analyses the activities that attract the attention of the public and tourists, forming a certain set of narratives about industrial heritage aimed at strengthening the economic position of the region. The industrial regions of Ukraine, most of which continue to develop on the principles of mono-structural production organisation, should look to the Ruhr region as a model for effectively overcoming post-industrial challenges, and the Zollverein mine is an exemplary example of this.

Synergistic optimization of rural green eco-tourism industry chain under the support of information technology

Abstract At present, the full development of tourism and other tertiary industries has gradually become the economic driving force of the countryside, but the negative impact on the countryside environment is becoming more and more prominent. Therefore, achieving the synergy optimization of rural green ecology and the tourism industry is a problem that needs to be solved. In this paper, starting from the rural green ecological tourism information, through the analysis of the basic elements of tourism information and the sampling of tourism information data, we construct a data feature extraction sampling model based on distributed detection, which is used for the reconstruction of the collection of tourism information data to ensure the effectiveness of information processing. Utilizing the method of fuzzy clustering, mining tourism information data, establishing the data distribution function, and collecting tourism information data features. The model is applied in practice to predict the level of tourist consumption and the daily flow of tourists in tourist attractions, and the results show that the monthly consumption of tourists in the year of the study area is 44.08 yuan less than that of the previous year, so it is necessary to adjust the tourism policy to stimulate consumption. In the coupling coordination degree of informationization and tourism industry development, it is found that the index of informationization application level has a faster rate of improvement than other indexes, with an increase of 546.09% between 2017-2018, and the index data of industrial benefits basically achieve an annual increment, reaching 0.4215 in 2021.

Mining tourism as a guarantee of sustainable development of industrial regions (on the example of Kryvyi Rih region)

Sustainable tourism is fundamentally about preserving and enhancing natural, historical, or cultural heritage, as well as promoting activities related to local identity and history. For mining regions, one of the ways to diversify their economies on a sustainable basis is to develop the tourism sector. The development of niche forms of tourism, which are fully focused on the resources of the industrial area, helps to supplement and diversify the tourist offer in these regions, including industrial tourism and one of its areas - mining tourism. The objective of the study is to reveal the importance of sustainable development for an old industrial region, using Kryvyi Rih as an example, by intensifying tourism activities that would maximize the social, economic, cultural, and environmental benefits of tourism. The research is based on the dialectical method of cognition and a systematic approach. The research was carried out on the basis of parallel use of theoretical (comparative analysis, abstraction, specification and generalization) and empirical methods (expeditionary methods, observations, the method of field visual inspections, content analysis, etc.) As a result of the study, approaches to the concept of “mining tourism” were structured, and the key objects of interest of consumers of this tourist destination were identified. Global trends in the transformation of industrial areas for the needs of mining tourism were analyzed. The information on mining facilities in Kryvyi Rih is systematized and their suitability for the tourism sector is diagnosed. Based on the diagnostics, the use of various mining facilities in thematic tour programs is proposed, which is confirmed by the results of practical tourism activities.

Mining for tourists in China: a digital ethnography of user-generated content from coal mining heritage parks

ABSTRACT Mine parks and industrial heritage are relatively recent tourism phenomena, emerging in Europe and North America during the mid-twentieth century. In the People’s Republic of China, government officials undertook large-scale promotion of mining heritage between 2005 and 2021, when 88 former state-sector mines were designated national parks. From an official vantage point, transforming former extractive industries into heritage sites helped communities negatively affected by the social and environmental legacies of mining and mine closure to pursue a future in China’s lucrative tourism sector. To date, this endeavour has been little studied, with research on visitors’ experiences particularly limited. In this article, we interrogate Chinese tourists’ responses to national mining heritage by analysing online user-generated content (tourist reviews) from three coal-mines-turned-heritage parks. We ask how visitors made meaning at these sites, and whether and how the mining tourism imaginaries they co-constructed in online reviews resembled visitor experiences of mining heritage elsewhere. How Chinese tourists respond to the parks not only affects the state’s ability to achieve its development goals, but also informs perceptions of mining, energy production, and tourism more broadly. Such perceptions have implications for sustainable resource and energy use.

Old Mine Map Georeferencing: Case of Marsigli’s 1696 Map of the Smolník Mines

Historical maps represent a unique and irreplaceable source of information about the history of a country, be it large (historical) regions, individual geomorphological units or specifically defined sites. Using a methodologically correct, critical historical analysis, old maps provide both the horizontal and vertical analysis of a landscape and its transformation in different time periods. These maps represent some of the oldest, but relatively easily accessible, historical pictorial documents (plausibly) depicting historical landscapes. This study provides the methodology for processing and georeferencing old mine maps with the possibility of their further use for the purposes of mining tourism. The 1696 Marsigli mine map has been chosen for the case study in question. It depicts a cross-section of the copper mines in Smolník and shows in detail the process of cementation water mining. Through an analysis and a detailed study, two-dimensional parts of a georeferenced historical map have been plotted in Google Earth’s three-dimensional space.

Recreolization as Decolonial Dramaturgy: Tansi Language in Tonel Performance, Sawahlunto City

Tonel performance in the city of Sawahlunto is practiced by the ethnic community who speak the Tansi creole language. Sawahlunto in tropical West Sumatra, Indonesia, was built by the Dutch colonialists in the late 19th century as a coal mining center based on the labor of local people and the forced labor of convicts of various ethnicities sent from around Indonesia. The multiethnic population developed a pidgin language which later became the Tansi creole language. This article discusses a new strategy for developing Tonel dramaturgy, which emerged through performances at the Sawahlunto Cultural Festival in 2021. Paying attention to the theatrical communication that occurs in Tonel performance, this study analyses how changes in the Tansi language used during performances, can be recognized as processes of decreolization and recreolization. The recreolization process proved to be a way to break the remnants of the continuing effects of colonialism in the Tansi culture. By changing words or adding new words to the Tansi language during the performances, the Tansi community builds a new dramaturgy based in a practice of cultural decoloniality through Tonel performance. This decolonial practice is particularly significant in the currrent development of Sawahlunto as a postcolonial mining tourism city, and the detangling of its colonial legacy.

HALOTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF SKIN DISEASES

Salt has been utilized for countless years in different regions worldwide for its health-promoting and therapeutic properties. Halotherapy is a dry salt therapy administered in settings with specialized equipment known as a halogenerator. In recent decades, halotherapy has gained the trust of an increasing number of people worldwide and spread rapidly throughout many countries. The positive effects of the treatment last longer than one year. Drug-free treatments for dermatoses and skin rejuvenation are gaining popularity in the health and beauty industry. Rehabilitative dermatology, cosmetic surgery, anti-ageing procedures, and detoxification regimens all use these techniques. Skin diseases are a significant public health issue that affects a large number of people all over the world. Halotherapy is the treatment of choice for some skin diseases due to the potential for combining it with additional physical forms of therapy as well as pharmacological therapies. The treatment’s minimal negative effects, combined with its delivery in a soothing setting, are beneficial to the mental and emotional health of both adults and kids. The re-profiling of post-mining areas benefits greatly from the growth of different kinds of mining tourism, including medical tourism. Even in today’s salt mining, which frequently combines conventional rock salt extraction with public access to the mine, these types of facilities remain popular. Halotherapy shows promise in treating a wide range of skin conditions thanks to the dry sodium chloride aerosol’s adaptable physiological effect. The healing and cosmetic effects of halotherapy on the skin have been confirmed by scientific studies, but despite the incontestable advantages of halotherapy, additional and more in-depth research on the curative effects of salt on a variety of skin conditions is currently required. The halocomplex serves as the foundation for this technological platform.This article aims to demonstrate the advantages of halotherapy as a complementary therapy for certain skin diseases and discusses the distinction between halotherapy and salt therapy, the technology behind halotherapy, the different application methods, its health benefits in dermatology, the most common indications for using halotherapy in skin treatment and cosmetology programs, the most common skin diseases that it can be used to treat, certain contraindications, as well as the possible negative effects of using halotherapy.

Mine museums: a creative economics approach towards sustainable tourism

ABSTRACT Nowadays, mine landscapes are known as new tourism destinations which attract educational tourists who are interested in adventure and new experiences. Mine museums pioneer the promotion of mining tourism and attempt to direct their activities toward a creative, green economy and sustainability. The major objective of this study is to consider how mine museums can contribute to sustainability and sustainable tourism. A systematic literature review method and a qualitative method (thematic analysis using MAXQDA) were used in this research. Analysis of the data indicated 18 sustainable sociocultural sub-themes from mine museum activities. Further analysis determined nine sustainable economic dimensions and six sustainable environmental sub-themes of the establishment of mine museums. The results clearly revealed that mine museums can contribute to sustainability.

New look to the Madan region, Central Rhodope – mining tourism and geological phenomena

As part of a cross-border cooperation program project between Bulgaria and Greece (Interreg), the geotourism potential of the municipality of Madan has been assessed. The assessment was made of the possibilities for the conversion of abandoned mine workings into tourist sites. Eight (8) geotopes are described and the creation of 2 geo-trails is proposed.

Peningkatan Perekonomian melalui Potensi Desa Sumbergiri, Kecamatan Ponjong, Kabupaten Gunung Kidul

Sumbergiri is one of the villages in Kapanewon Ponjong, Kabupaten Gunungkidul, Special Region of Yogyakarta. The potential of the village in Sumbergiri encompasses the results of nature (both farming, agriculture, etc.) and the tourist objects of Telaga Kepleng. One of the goals it set up was to raise the economic value of Sumbergiri village to the country. In addition, there is a need to give literature to the Sumbergiri village community about the planning of the development of a tourist resort in Telaga Kepleng and the cooking results of pedestrians and corn rice through pocket books as media information. Data retrieval such as information on village potential, Sumbergiri village profile data, mining tourism work program, and the content of pedestrian and corn rice pieces taken through journals, articles, and information from the Internet that is designed in the form of videos and e-books. The results of the first work program are e-book and video potential of the Sumbergiri village. While the second output discussed about pocket book which contains explanations of Peyek Pedari and corn rice to the composition contained therein. Hopefully, the results of the two work programmes can be used in the development of Sumbergiri Village in the future.

Mining tourism in abandoned and existing mines in the Swedish Far North

Abstract The Swedish North is sometimes described as a resource periphery, while others choose to label it a pleasure periphery. Regardless of the terms used, the region is characterised by problems such as out-migration and demographic issues. This study investigates why there are such different perceptions of the same area, and whether there is any contradiction between extractive resource industries and the tourism industry. This is done by collecting visitor data from mining companies and conducting interviews with a variety of respondents in three mining communities in northern Sweden. Mining tourism is a phenomenon occurring in this region and can be regarded as a context in which the two main narratives meet while being a rather overlooked form of tourism. This is partly due to the low level of knowledge regarding its impacts, but also to a somewhat established idea of mining tourism as a “bad” form of tourism. Individuals’ perceptions of mining tourism as a phenomenon seem to be highly value-related and influenced by both location and occupation. As such, various opinions can be explained by social exchange theory, which proposes that attitudes will be influenced by individuals’ evaluation of outcomes for themselves and their community. In this paper, the emergence of mining tourism is understood as knowledge creation rooted in a regional path dependency on mining and tourism. Hence, mining tourism becomes a new regional tourism product that contributes to tourism, at least in terms of standard technical visits and, at best, a well-developed tourist attraction that appeals to visitors in quantities similar to iconic regional attractions such as the Icehotel. Then again, a tourism industry selling dreams of “untouched nature” argues that this tourism product produces “bad imaging”.

Mining Tourism Potential Assessment of Raniganj Coalfield, India

This study focuses on the potential of mining tourism in the oldest coalfield of India. To conduct the research, five mines from Raniganj coalfield have been selected based on their comparatively high degree of preservation, good connectivity, and quality to show the interconnectedness of mining tourism with other forms of tourism such as geotourism and heritage tourism. The tourism attractions for each mining site are classified following Jolliffe and Conlin (2011), whereas, the assessment criteria are prepared after Kubalíková (2017). The guidelines of the Ministry of Tourism of India are followed for tourism circuit demarcation. The outcome highlights that although risk factors cannot be neglected in some cases, each site represents diverse mining tourism attractions along with having good connectivity and accessibility. However, the result shows only around 50% feasibility for mining tourism, mainly because of the non-availability of proper tourism infrastructure. Road network analysis is done and two possible tourism routes are suggested. This study raises basic and initial issues indicating the mining tourism potential of Raniganj coalfield. Initiatives by the stakeholders in terms of an awareness campaign and generation of basic tourism facilities are necessary which may lead to the successful development of mining tourism in these sites in the future.

A sustainable development strategy for mining industries in Citatah karst area in Bandung Basin

Citatah karst area is located in the western margin of Bandung Basin, as the only mining area within the basin. However, the pressure from environmentalists to preserve the karst area and change the use of land to become a conservation area or geopark is very high. The study aims to define the strategy to manage karst land in urbanizing areas to support sustainable development. The method of study includes policy and stakeholder analyses. Further analysis will be based on Spatial Multi Criteria Evaluation to apply land suitability analysis to seek the possibility of the Citatah karst area as geotourism and mine tourism. Karst area is an environmental complex system. Broad research to understand human-altered karst landscapes, karst ecosystems, karst disturbance, karst hydrology and also to manage karst lands in urbanizing areas in sustainable manners are needed. The provincial government agency has a master plan to develop the Citatah karst areas like agriculture, tourism, home industry, etc. The research result will support the plan on how to develop an assessment of the geosite and mining site present in Citatah karst area using multi criteria evaluation.

RANCANG BANGUN MODEL BISNIS EKOWISATA GRASBERG PASCA TAMBANG

Grasberg post mining land of PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has the opportunity to become an attractive ecotourism location. The objectives of this study are (1) Analyze current business models. (2) Analyze internal and external factors that affect the post-mining Grasberg ecotourism business model. (3) Design a verified business model (BMC-1) by considering internal and external analysis. (4) Formulation of strategies and policy priorities for post-mining Grasberg ecotourism development. The research method used was AHP, BMC, PESTEL and VRIO. The results showed that the current business model with several initial indicators for each of the 9 elements of the block model. Internal factors that have a sustainable competitive advantage are location, tourism potential, supporting facilities and facilities, the ability to manage mining tourism, the ability to work in teams, the ability to produce innovation and creativity. External factors that affect the business model, political aspects are influenced by regime change which then affects the share ownership portion as well as cabinet changes as well as the security stability factor. The design of the WTG (Grasberg Mine Tourism) business model resulted in a verified BMC with the addition of indicators for the nine elements of the model. The priority of developing WTG policies focuses on alternative development of tourism services, participation of indigenous peoples, management of activities and coordination of indigenous peoples. The conclusion of this research is to be able to go to the commercial tourism industry, WTG managers need to focus on the key activity elements, the value proposition element, the key resource elements, and the key partner element. Keywords: AHP, BMC, PESTEL, Post Mine Tourism, VRIO

Analisis Pola Persebaran Pencemaran Air Tanah di Sekitar Penambangan Sumur Minyak Tua Desa Wonocolo, Kedewan, Bojonegoro

Wonocolo Village is a traditional old oil well mining tourism area in Kedewan District, Bojonegoro Regency. This existence affects water quality because it is one of many factors causing groundwater pollution. The purpose study is to determine the distribution pattern of pollution such as iron, manganese, and zinc due to oil mining. Moreover, the study predicts the pattern of distribution of pollution in groundwater over a certain period of time. The method used for this study is groundwater modeling (MATLAB). Thus, determination of sampling based on SNI 6989.58:2008 with 3 (three) sampling points. The determination of the distribution pattern uses the parameters such as Iron, Manganese, and Zinc. The simulation results of the 2-dimensional distribution model and in the range in the next 18 years and 50 years. The prediction result for iron content is still in good condition. Meanwhile for manganese content and zinc content will be polluted after 50 years with a detected distance of ± 1150 m and ± 1400 m respectively from the contaminant source point.

Tourism Development Options in Marginal and Less-Favored Regions: A Case Study of Slovakia´s Gemer Region

Marginal and less-favored regions are characterized by negative migration balance, lower living standards, aging of the population, a lower number of employment opportunities, lower educational level, and lower investments in the territory. Gemer is one of these regions in Slovakia. On the other hand, the Gemer region has a very interesting history and many cultural monuments, nature protection areas, and UNESCO World Heritage sites that create options for tourism development. The monuments of the Gothic Road have the potential for religious tourism. Karst relief and the sites and monuments related to mining present on the Iron Road provide suitable conditions for geotourism and mining tourism. Local villages contain traditional agricultural landscapes, which create suitable conditions for active rural tourism associated with creative tourism or agrotourism. There is also the promising possibility of cross-border cooperation with Hungary. However, the revenues from tourism do not reach the same level as in other, similar regions of Slovakia. The main failings of tourism development include the insufficient coordination of destination marketing organization stakeholders, lack of care for monuments, and underestimation of the potential of Roma culture and art production. However, analyzed state policy instruments on the promotion of tourism did not mitigate but rather exacerbated regional disparities in Slovakia.

Transformation of a Coal Mining City into a Cultured Mining Heritage Tourism City in Sawahlunto, Indonesia: A Response to the Threat of Becoming a Ghost Town

ABSTRACT This study discusses the transformation of Sawahlunto, Indonesia from a coal mining city into a cultured mining heritage tourism city as an effort to overcome the threat of becoming a “ghost town” following the demise of the coal mining industry. Interestingly, in less than 15 years, Sawahlunto was able to rise from this adversity by altering the city’s vision to become a cultured mining heritage tourism city. This success is inseparable from the stakeholders’ creativity as agents of change; they reutilized mining heritage resources as attractive tourism destinations. The agents’ ability to respond to the challenges facing this post-mining city was the main factor driving the city’s transformation and helping it escape from the threat of becoming a ghost town. Today, Sawahlunto has grown into a highly-valued cultured mining tourism city in Indonesia.