Tourism in a Salt Pan

Abstract

The production of salt has always been part of human life. Salt natural sources may vary from rock mine to marine water. Some places have developed their economy considerably due to the extraction and trade of this raw material. More recently, traditional sea salt production activities have been attracting attention from a diversified range of the public. Traditional salt producers usually focus on production, but as a result of tourist demand for visiting salt production activities, producers must develop the intention to receive visitors. Such reception not only shows visitors the activity, but serves as an advertisement to international markets likely to add value to such an ancient, fundamental good: salt.

Creating Tourism Destinations of Underground Built Heritage—The Cases of Salt Mines in Poland, Portugal, and Romania

“…In the context of heritage sites, the added value of salt mines is provided by connecting the past and present by different forms of cognition as well as giving the access to the unique tangible and intangible features of culture and technology of the salt mining industry. The innovative and diverse offer for visitors, which is present in all three cases, become an attractive alternative to conventional heritage tourism and serial reproduction of culture in many similar destinations, as discussed by Ramos et al [91]. The positive impact of tourism has many social dimensions.…”

“…Their rich programs include protection and use of historical elements of the salt industry, with implementation of new infrastructure and innovative tools towards making them touristic attractions. This kind of reuse is addressed in different publications, both as typical and as leading in transformation processes of mining areas [24,86], following European trends and including so-called creative tourism [86][87][88][89][90][91]. Contemporary designs, regardless of their diversity and scope, are related to new activities, which increase the tourism interest on heritage sites, as highlighted by Xie et al [92], and translated by an increasing number of visitors.…”

“…Different forms of tourism become platforms and tools for making heritage more visible to the public. Protecting heritage values also guarantees the economic and social viability of recycling uses [91]. The stimulation of economic growth of the cities and the sites on local and regional levels [93] due to the presence of salt mines is an especially relevant issue that guarantees further development.…”

Diseño de la experiencia turística: Una revisión bibliográfica

“…Otros organismos dedicados a promocionar el turismo, como Promperú, destacan los nuevos intereses del visitante y la necesidad de adaptarse a ellos, evidenciado en documentos como: "Vive la leyenda: Construyendo experiencias", donde se explora esta nueva realidad ofreciendo un análisis del "buscador de experiencias" y sugiriendo la transformación de la oferta tradicional a una basada en la experiencia (PROMPERU, 2009). Diversos aportes para el diseño de nuevas ET y la diversificación de la oferta turística se plantean, como Ramos et al, (2018), que alientan la participación de todos las stakeholders en la producción de la experiencia creativa, enfatizando la co creación, que debe extenderse al propio turista (parte nuclear de dicha experiencia). Hernández et al;(2020), por su parte, destacan la importancia de diferenciar la promoción tradicional de un producto (destacando beneficios), del enfoque experiencial, que comunica sensaciones, emociones y sentimientos a experimentar durante la visita y debe considerarse durante su diseño, apelando a la participación de todos los interesados: administración pública, empresas privadas y población local.…”

Activating an artisanal saltpan: tourism crowding in or waterbirds crowding out?

“…The fact that salt is a daily commodity attracts tourism (Lee, 2015). Ecotourism in saltpans is popular in certain locations and can provide revenue beyond the salt season (Wu et al , 2015; Ramos and Campos, 2020). Ecotourism supports environmental conservation and generates business opportunities (Zhang and Lei, 2012; Ramos and Drakeford, 2021).…”