The route of the industrial heritage in the vale do Ave (north of Portugal) in a new trend of the tourism

Abstract

The route of the industrial heritage in the Vale do Ave (north of portugal) in a new tendency of the industrial tourism in Europe (United Kingdom, Spain, France and Germany), is emerging in Portugal with potentialities and constraints that can constitute a platform for cultural, social and economic development, which will dilute the sense of internal fragility in the citizens, consonate with the objectives of the study: i) recognize industrial tourism as a new trend; (ii) assessing their economic and social potential; iii) legitimize planning in industrial tourism as a link to be established with the needs of the local population; iv) to highlight the absence of dynamics in the Industrial Heritage Route of Vale do Ave, created in 2002. In the methodology, we emphasize the concepts of industrial heritage and industrial tourism, routes, musealization, NP 4556/2017 - Quality Standard Industrial Tourism in Portugal; the images and the table drawn up on the route complete the used procedures. In the conclusions, we highlight the proposals for the reactivation of the route.