Tourism Development in Post-industrial Cities: The Case of the Ruhr Region, Germany

• Main Authors: Chen, Yun-Ping, 陳韻萍
• Other Authors: Liu, Yi-De
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5xyeuk

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 歐洲文化與觀光研究所 === 104 === Cities that had flourished from thriving industry were fraught with severe economic decline and subsequent social problems because of globalization and de-industrialization. To rebuild the economy, post-industrial cities started to promote cultural tourism to boost urban regeneration. For post-industrial cities, the goal of developing city tourism is to substitute the shrinking industry, create new job opportunities, and exploit the unused land. Taking the Ruhr Region, once the Germany's largest heavy industrial belt, as a case, discussion on three different topics is made to explore its tourism development. The discussion begins on how the Ruhr plays to its strengths to develop industrial heritage tourism, which creates new value for the legacy of industrial era through a process of transformation from production to consumption, and has positive impacts on environmental, socio-cultural, and economic aspects. Then comes the section of event, in which 2010 European Capital of Culture is taken as a representative example. Evidence has shown that the title of ECOC bings Ruhr beneficial results in both tourism development and image improvement. Finally, the topic of governance and partnership between different sectors is brought up. Through vertical and horizontal networ, Ruhr successfully integrate resources to boost cultural tourism. Conducting case study as the research approach, the study explores how post-industrial cities develop tourism and achieve the goal of sustainable development.