relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/1758/
title: Cultural heritage tourism as potential to combat decline in Bourtange
creator: Hadderingh, E.
description: This paper discusses how cultural heritage can combat the decline by attracting tourists and potential settlers in a case study of Bourtange. The region is suffering from depopulation and economic degradation for years now due to the disappearance of jobs which caused people to move to the cities. Bourtange is a fortress that has been renovated to combat the decline and provide jobs for the people living there. While Groningen is one of the least visited provinces of the Netherlands, Bourtange is one of the highlights of the province, in terms of the amount of visitors and cultural heritage. However, it became clear that the lack of jobs, which is usually causing decline, is not the only problem the region has been facing. The geographical distance and the negative image of the region are reasons for people not to move as well.
date: 2018
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/1758/1/Hadderingh_Final_Version_Thesis.pdf
identifier:   Hadderingh, E.  (2018) Cultural heritage tourism as potential to combat decline in Bourtange.  Bachelor thesis.