Mining Tourism Potential Assessment of Raniganj Coalfield, India

This study focuses on the potential of mining tourism in the oldest coalfield of India. To conduct the research, five mines from Raniganj coalfield have been selected based on their comparatively high degree of preservation, good connectivity, and quality to show the interconnectedness of mining tou...

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Autor principal:	Payel GHOSH
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Publicado:	Akdeniz University Tourism Faculty 2021
Materias:	tourism potential niche tourism assessment criteria tourism circuit geoheritage Hospitality industry. Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food service TX901-946.5 Geography (General) G1-922
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2782d4af41d144e2ac6bd06fb33931a02021-12-01T13:23:35ZMining Tourism Potential Assessment of Raniganj Coalfield, India10.30519/ahtr.8736032147-91002148-7316https://doaj.org/article/2782d4af41d144e2ac6bd06fb33931a02021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ahtr/issue/66016/873603https://doaj.org/toc/2147-9100https://doaj.org/toc/2148-7316This study focuses on the potential of mining tourism in the oldest coalfield of India. To conduct the research, five mines from Raniganj coalfield have been selected based on their comparatively high degree of preservation, good connectivity, and quality to show the interconnectedness of mining tourism with other forms of tourism such as geotourism and heritage tourism. The tourism attractions for each mining site are classified following Jolliffe and Conlin (2011), whereas, the assessment criteria are prepared after Kubalíková (2017). The guidelines of the Ministry of Tourism of India are followed for tourism circuit demarcation. The outcome highlights that although risk factors cannot be neglected in some cases, each site represents diverse mining tourism attractions along with having good connectivity and accessibility. However, the result shows only around 50% feasibility for mining tourism, mainly because of the non-availability of proper tourism infrastructure. Road network analysis is done and two possible tourism routes are suggested. This study raises basic and initial issues indicating the mining tourism potential of Raniganj coalfield. Initiatives by the stakeholders in terms of an awareness campaign and generation of basic tourism facilities are necessary which may lead to the successful development of mining tourism in these sites in the future.Payel GHOSH Akdeniz University Tourism Faculty articletourism potentialniche tourismassessment criteriatourism circuitgeoheritageHospitality industry. Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food serviceTX901-946.5Geography (General)G1-922ENAdvances in Hospitality and Tourism Research, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 341-367 (2021)
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spellingShingle	tourism potential niche tourism assessment criteria tourism circuit geoheritage Hospitality industry. Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food service TX901-946.5 Geography (General) G1-922 Payel GHOSH Mining Tourism Potential Assessment of Raniganj Coalfield, India
description	This study focuses on the potential of mining tourism in the oldest coalfield of India. To conduct the research, five mines from Raniganj coalfield have been selected based on their comparatively high degree of preservation, good connectivity, and quality to show the interconnectedness of mining tourism with other forms of tourism such as geotourism and heritage tourism. The tourism attractions for each mining site are classified following Jolliffe and Conlin (2011), whereas, the assessment criteria are prepared after Kubalíková (2017). The guidelines of the Ministry of Tourism of India are followed for tourism circuit demarcation. The outcome highlights that although risk factors cannot be neglected in some cases, each site represents diverse mining tourism attractions along with having good connectivity and accessibility. However, the result shows only around 50% feasibility for mining tourism, mainly because of the non-availability of proper tourism infrastructure. Road network analysis is done and two possible tourism routes are suggested. This study raises basic and initial issues indicating the mining tourism potential of Raniganj coalfield. Initiatives by the stakeholders in terms of an awareness campaign and generation of basic tourism facilities are necessary which may lead to the successful development of mining tourism in these sites in the future.
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title	Mining Tourism Potential Assessment of Raniganj Coalfield, India
title_short	Mining Tourism Potential Assessment of Raniganj Coalfield, India
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Mining Tourism Potential Assessment of Raniganj Coalfield, India

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