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datestamp: 2020-04-23 05:31:25
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Hadderingh, E.
title: Cultural heritage tourism as potential to combat decline in Bourtange
ispublished: pub
full_text_status: public
abstract: 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
date_type: published
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: SGP
tutors_name: Stoffelen, A.
keywords_local: Depopulation
keywords_local: Decline
keywords_local: Tourism
keywords_local: Heritage
language_iso: en
titleorder: Cultural heritage tourism as potential to combat decline in Bourtange
dbi: 5b572c68b8da4
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date_of_import: 2020-04-22
imported_from: http://scripties.frw.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/root/ba/SGP/2018/ehadderingh/
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date_issued: 2018-01-01
citation:   Hadderingh, E.  (2018) Cultural heritage tourism as potential to combat decline in Bourtange.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/1758/1/Hadderingh_Final_Version_Thesis.pdf