Journal of Tourism Challenges and Trends
2012, Volume:5, issue 2
Research Article
THE ROLE OF RAILWAY, AS A HERITAGE OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY, IN TOURISM, WITH CONCLUSION ON QUALITY OF LIFE
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University of Pécs, Institute of Geography, Prem utca 3, Budapest, 1171, Hungary
Published
May 25, 2012
Abstract

The industrial history's values embodying the economical and social
processes of the last 200 years represent an even more important segment in the
tourism of cultural heritage. These objects can be found both in urban and rural
environment as well. Producing firms provide a good example for the former, and the
memories of the agricultural industry do the same for the latter. The values connected to
transportation represent an unique part of industrial heritage, and their utilization forms
an even more important part of the modern tourism- and provincial development.
Preserved traffic values serve not only the improvement of reaching, but they provide a
possibility for a modern product development in tourism too. The article shows the
connection between tourism and the preservation of railway heritage in the context of
quality of life. The study makes also exact statements connected to the attendance of
traffic historical values in the regard of age, education and living environment.

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