Fonte: ROTUR. Revista de Ocio y Turismo; Vol. 4 No. 1 (2011); 15-31
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Resumo: Industrial tourism responds to an emerging phenomenon relating to tourism activity surrounding industries that are still operating, with tours and visits designed to provide visitors with an insight into production processes. It also includes visits to sites with a long-standing industrial tradition that have fallen into disuse and which have been reopened for tourists. In both cases the visit hinges on technologies and know-how, as well as the industrial buildings and sites themselves, considering social and economic cycles and the aesthetics generated by industrialisation or the ultimate loss of production activity. Territory plays a vital role in that it provides a setting for the various phases of the Industrial Revolution, marked by successive periods of transformation and decline, generating heritage-related remains and landmarks that are direct witnesses to a considerable material legacy.
