Perspective de utilizare a potențialului turismului industrial în lume și în Republica Moldova

Abstract

Industrial tourism has emerged in recent decades with new types of tourist destinations as a result of a growing competition between regions and a changing economy. In some cases, some places, which were previously considered ugly and repulsive, became tourist attractions, which means that former factories and plants or those that are still functional have become tourist attractions. As part of this process industrial tourism was also asserted.

Industrial tourism has become more and more popular in recent years, especially in Western Europe, Northern Europe and Central Europe. This type of tourism has an important geographical content, as it recovers the cultural, social and economic values of the old industrial landscapes. The concept of cultural heritage is expanding more and more as the industrial heritage element has been integrated into it. Today, industrial heritage is presented to create tourist flows and, in many cases, it acts as a catalyst for tourism policy and development.

This form of tourism has begun to develop in the Republic of Moldova with a great potential for material and immaterial industrial heritage. Urban and rural localities, who had and continues to have a tangency with industry development have an industrial heritage that can be successfully used in the tourism activity, from the winemaking, distilleries and chocolate producers at electrical stations, The perfumery and cosmetics industry, garments, furniture and all sorts of industrial sites and parks. Industrial cultural heritage can play a fairly important role in increasing the tourist attractiveness of a destination.