Industrial Heritage Revival of Industrial heritage for tourism

Industrial Heritage Revival of Industrial heritage for tourism development Project Manager Kurzeme Planning Region Maija Bebre

Industrial heritage is all about identity of industrialisation: machines, buildings, monuments, sites of important inventions, industrial lifestyle. (In the Project the period is from 1850 up to 1970) Main resources of industrial heritage in Estonia and Latvia • • • Water towers Mills and hydropower stations Railway heritage Old manufacturing sites Lighthouses Industrial Plants Roads and Infrastructure Bridges Hydro-technical Structures Sites of Town Management Sites of Water Supply Military Sites

Project covers 5 thematic groups of sites Water towers Mills and hydropower stations Railway heritage Lighthouses Old manufacturing sites

26 Sites involved/be improved • 5 Mills and hydropower stations • 4 Lighthouses • 5 Railway heritage • 9 old manufacturing sites • 3 water towers + Partnership sites involved

Joint route (5 thematics) Improvement of 26 sites Project Objectives Promotion Awareness rising & network

Marketing activities • Joint industrial heritage route with 5 thematics • Stories, photos of all sites • Creative map • Image guide • Virtual tour • Weekend tours on 5 thematic weekends in 2018 • Promotional tours for journalists and tour operators • Network on Facebook page: https: //www. facebook. com/industrialheritagefortourism

Thank you! Maija Bebre Kurzeme Planning Region Maija. bebre@kurzemesregions. lv Ph. + 371 28 66 55 71 https: //www. facebook. com/industrialheritagefortourism