10) USA

1) At present, UNESCO official list of world heritage sites has no examples of industrial heritage in the United States (http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/us). In the tentative list (http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/state=us) we find "only" a selection (http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5249/) of eleven architectonical projects of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), of which the most important cultural public space is the Guggenheim Museum. In the presentation of India, we observed an important study about possibilities of industrial heritage sites; the author presents a list (http://whc.unesco.org/archive/ind-study01.pdf), in which we choose:

a) the Brooklyn Bridge, New York;

b) the Eads Bridge, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri;

c) we add here the Golden Gate, San Francisco, as monuments of buildig bridges;

d) the General Electric Research Laboratory, Schenectady, New York (http://www.ge.com/company/history/research.html), the first laboratory for industrial research in the USA and classed in the U.S. National Register of historical places (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_Research_Laboratory), for which we organize visits;

e) the original Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York;

f) the George Westinghouse Museum in Wilmerding, Pittsburgh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Westinghouse), about the history of one of the most important american railway engineer, and creator of an electrotechnical factory which had an important part to develop electrical railway traction.

Each state of the Union has own museums; here, about history of public transport, we propose the National Museum of American History, Washington D.C. (http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/index.cfm), in particular for its collections of transport vehicles. If you like flying, you have to visit the National Air and Space Museum, also in Washington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Air_and_Space_Museum). As example of private collection, we indicate the Henry Ford Museum at Dearbon, Michigan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Henry_Ford), because it is an important collection of engines and means of transport of American industrial revolution.

We wish to visit two monuments of the art of dam building: 

- the Hoover Dam, or Boulder Dam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam) in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River near Boulder City, Nevada. It is the largest dam of the type concrete arch-gravity ever built, started in 1931 (during the Great Depression) and completed in 1936; a symbol of the New Deal, in an impressive natural scenery;

- the Grand Coulee Dam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Coulee_Dam) on the Columbia River, Grant and Okanogan counties (State of Washington). It is an enormous gravity dam, constructed between 1933 and 1942; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called it "the high dam" (168 meters!), and the artificial lake was baptized with his name. The natural scenery is not so spectacular as in the Black Canyon, but the Visitor Center is very important not only for historical and technological aspects, but also for documentation about social impact and consequences due to this imposant work.

You remember surely the romantic stern wheel steamboats (with a back - single large paddlewheel) on the Mississippi river; a river steamboat has been preserved in Chattanooga, Tennesse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Queen) as museum ship. She has operated since 2009 as static hotel (http://www.deltaqueenhotel.net/), but with plans to return in service. 

The region of the Great Lakes of North America between eight States and Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes) offers a singular attraction, "Boatwatching". We refer to the Great Lakes Steamboats fleet; an important number of historical cargos is still in service (although rebuilt with diesel engines), near many museum ships. But at least two ships own original engine: cargo St. Marys Challenger 
(http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/stmaryschallenger.htm)  and steam ferry Badger (http://www.ssbadger.com/home.aspx). This true monument of traditional steam technology (1953) is the last preserved operative passenger steamer on Lake Michigan, on the route Ludington - Manitowoc (temporary out of service because of important maintenance works).

2) The United States   is an industrial power, with production in the

chemical and manufacturing industry leaders in their respective
sectors. The United States is the third largest petroleum producer in
the world, as well as the largest importer of this commodity. It is a
leader in the production of electricity and nuclear, as well as for
the extraction of natural gas, sulfur, phosphates, and salt
in New York's manufacturing industry occupies a significant proportion
of the population, but its role is declining. The main areas are
chemistry, metallurgy, clothing, food and furniture.
An important economic role is also played by the cultur industry:are
located in new york television and movie studios, and numeros media
groups.

The fields "creative" such as design, architectural studies, fashion
as those related to high technology and medical research, especially,
are another area of rapid growth. Also important is tourism.

3) The US tourism industry determines to a large extent the economy of United States of America.
The effect of the US tourism industry on the economy of USA indicates the place of importance, the tourism industry holds in America.
The Travel and tourism satellite accounting is an efficient tool or instrument to get a feed back about the status of the economic setup owing to the travel and tourism related activities.
Travel and tourism industry in USA has several other industries closely associated with it.

Contribution of these associated industries have a tremendous impact on the US tourism industry.

9) India

INDIA


 1) As the most important important colonial state of British Empire, India became one of the most important places for new economical roads between Europe and Asia.

There are important studies about the theme culture and industry in India (http://whc.unesco.org/archive/ind-study01.pdf;  

http://www.nios.ac.in/Secbuscour/cc02.pdf); particularly, a study of 2006 (http://www.ticcihcongress2006.net/paper/Paper%200/Af_Geijerstam.pdf)  indicates six important sites:

a) the Kumaon Iron Works;

b) the Mumbay Mill Lands;

c) the Burwai Iron Works;

d) the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbay;

e) the Nilgiri mountan rack railway;

f) the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.

 Only an industrial heritage site is currently in the UNESCO official list: the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/944), and the UNESCO tentative list we find the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, or Victoria Terminus railway station of Mumbay (an impressive architecture), which could become a railway museum. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is a museum narrow gauge railway in west of India, completed in 1881, with an unusual "loops" and "Z-reverses" of the rack (a system which probably survives only on the Andes) and regular service with steam locomotives (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway). Then, the Nilgiri mountan railway was added in 2005; it is a separate museum railway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_Mountain_Railway#Television_film), completed in 1908, and it has a rack-and-pinion section (Abt system), the only example of Asia. It was built with european technology (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/944) with special steam rack locomotives built by specialist swiss factory SLM of Winterthur, some of which are still in service. The railway is also known because it was the set of some scenes of the film A passage to India by David Lean (1984).

Museum tradition in India has a very high quality level; all partners of National Council of Science Museums of the Ministry of Culture; there are many important museums (http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/sciencemuseums.htm), we indicate: 

a) The Visvesvaraya industrial and technological museum at Bangalore (http://www.vismuseum.org.in/), with sections about engines and electrotechnology;

b) The Birla industrial and technological museum at South Kolkata (http://www.bitmcal.org/) about transport, metals and science;

c) The Nehru museum of Science and technology at Kharagpur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehru_Museum_of_Science_and_Technology ; http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/institute/nehru.php), which is part of the Nehru Science center;

d) The Science city at Kolkata (http://www.sciencecitykolkata.org.in/), with an important maritime exhibition;

e) The National Railway Museum at Chanakyapuri, New Delhi (http://railinindia.tripod.com/nrm.html), with many locomotives built in Europe.


There is no a museum of textile industry, but we have to indicate the exposition in the National Center for Textile Design (http://www.designdiary.nic.in/) at New Dehli.

2) India has the second largest workforce in the world, with 516.3 million people, 60% of whom are employed in agriculture and related industries, 28% in services and related industries, and 12% in the industrial real and precisely. The main crops include rice, wheat, oilseeds, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane and potatoes. [98] The agricultural sector represents 28% of GDP, service and industrial sectors make up 54% and 18% respectively. The major industries are active in the field of automobiles, cement, chemicals, consumer electronics, food processing, machinery, mining, petroleum, pharmaceuticals, steel, transport equipment and textiles. Hand in hand with rapid economic growth there is an increasing demand for energy. According to the Energy Information Administration, India is the sixth largest oil consumer and third largest consumer of coal. [99]
The booming Bollywood film industry.
In recent years India has been able to capitalize on the statement in English of many people, becoming a major outsourcing destination for multinational companies and a popular destination for medical tourism. India has also become a major exporter of software and finance, research and technology services. Its natural resources include arable land, bauxite, chromite, coal, diamonds, iron ore, limestone, manganese, mica, natural gas, oil, titanium.
In 2007, exports were estimated at $ 140 billion and imports totaled 224.9 billion dollars. Textiles, jewelery, engineering goods and software were the main export items, while the crude oil, machinery, fertilizers, chemicals were among the imports. The most important trading partners of India are the United States, the European Union and China.

3) Over the years agriculture has been the major source of livelihood of the Indian population.
 However, after Independence the founding fathers saw the nation progressing with a decent industrial base.
 This triggered the formulation of programs and strategies to construct a proper infrastructure for speedy industrialization.
India has been successful in achieving autonomy in producing different basic and capital products since independence.
The productivity of the major Indian industries incorporates aircraft, vessels, automobiles, steam engines, heavy electrical equipment, construction machinery, chemicals, precision equipments, communication instrument, power generation and transmission tools and computers.
The private sector, which was neglected by previous governments, contributes to two-thirds of India's GDP.
The shift of the state's responsibility from a chief investor to a catalyst of private enterprise has paved way to a new accord on liberalization.

8) England

ENGLAND

1) Modern age and industrial revolution were born in the United Kingdom. And many historical industrial places had been restored, preserved as museums and declared monuments. This state is in the vanguard about aspects of preservation of industrial heritage sites, thanks also to a sincere involvement of population. We have to indicate two UNESCO world heritage sites about out theme culture and industry: Liverpool - maritime mercantile city  (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1150), and Cornwall and West Devon Mining landascape (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1215), in the south-west. 

We organize a travel about steam technology through England; we begin with a very good example, the impressive Battersea Power Station, a decommissioned thermo - electrical power station at Wandsforth, London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battersea_Power_Station#Theme_park_proposal). 
It has been very known and popular, thanks to a picture which was choosen for the cover of a famous LP album of the Pink Floyd (Animals, 1977). The building is itself an importan example of old industrial infrastructure, and there are many projects to create inside a theme park about british industrial story with a shopping center. Near London we have to visit the water treatment works at Kempton Park, Middlesex, built in 1897 to supply Thames water to the city (http://www.kemptonsteam.org/). 

Later we propose a visit to the Arkwright Society Museum at Nottingham (http://www.nottinghamarkwrightsociety.co.uk/), with an important collection of steam engines; and to historic industrial town of Leicester, where the two most important attractions are the National Space Center (http://www.spacecentre.co.uk/Page.aspx/1/HOME/), one of the most important british cultural centers, and the Abbey water pumping station (http://www.abbeypumpingstation.org/). This is an important preserved part of the old water system of the city, where the steam engines are still operating. We find another important example at Papplewick, in an important area of victorian ornate architecture, with the two last steam engines built by James Watt's legendary workshop.

And with many water roads, we have of course examples of historical pumping stations for river waters: we propose the Claymills Victorian at Burton upon Trent (http://www.claymills.org.uk/), and the Owston Ferry pumping station (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe1L-ne1OGE); here we organize guided tours, because it is not with regularity open at present. 

If you wish to make trips on the water, we propose at least two possibilities: we go to Scotland, to discover the steam ship Waverley (http://www.paddlesteamers.info/waverley.htm ), 

the last sea-going british paddle steamer (1947), which offers many possibilities of summer excursions even on the Thames until London (http://www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk/ ); and a trip to Loch Lomond, to visit the historical Balloch shipyard. This operative shipyard is owned by the Loch Lomond steamship company, which is involved to restore the paddle steamer Maid of the Loch, the last paddle steamer built in western Europe (1953 - http://www.maidoftheloch.com/ ). Regular events and visits are planned.

2) Great Britain is the oldest industrialized country, the so-called Industrial Revolution began in England at the end of 700.

This fact, coupled with vast colonial possessions of Great Britain made ​​a top world economic powers.
However, the emerging great resource is petroleum, of which various deposits were discovered in the North Sea.
The presence of iron and carbon in the last century favored the birth of the steel industry, the sector is currently in crisis, whose production has also declined significantly over the past decade.
Significant boost instead recorded the petrochemical industry, and,
Is the newly developed the field of plastics and synthetic resins; important are the tire industry and pharmaceuticals.

3) England’s industry sectors have, for long, been a pillar of the nation’s economy.
 With abundant resources and an efficient workforce, industrialization matured quickly in England and gave enough resources for the country to thrive on its own.
 Soon, other sectors were explored and today, the service sector contributes the maximum to the GDP. According to the 2009 estimates, this sector contributed 75% of the total GDP.
Tourism and the construction industry have risen sharply in the late 1990s and the 2000s, and therefore have started contributing more to the country’s growth. However, the recession years did mar the performance, with the industrial growth rate being recorded at -9.4%.

England Industry Sectors

England’s industry sectors get the country its valuable foreign exchange. The most exported goods are industrial products, such as:

· Manufactured goods

· Fuels

· Chemicals

· Processed food

7) Moldova

MOLDOVA

1) The Republic of Moldova, in the south-east of Europe, has been become independent since 1991, after the wreck of Soviet Union

(http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Moldova.html). This very little state is unfortunately very poor (http://www.indexmundi.com/moldova/economy_profile.html), it has no own natural energy resources, and it has to survive thanks to energy imports; but the state is partner of the project INOGATE, which is involved to develop policy for energy ( http://www.inogate.org/index.php?option=com_inogate&view=projects&Itemid=0&lang=en) and to attract foreign stakeholders. Particularly, thanks to this project, we can organize travels to explore theoretical places for hydroelectrical sites on the rivers Dniestr and Prut; because, despite of the law, there are many difficulties ("informal barriers", see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Moldova, section 10 "foreign investment") to encourage foreign investitures. Probably, the government wanted to make progress in this aspect with a delegation at the Baku conference about new industrial parks (http://www.unido.org/index.php?id=7881&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1182&cHash=ba890e662ce2b9b30837624bb4c176ea).

The state has essentially an agricole economy, with a good climate and modern equipments, but very vulnerabile from weather (http://www.slideshare.net/ghenador/culture-and-change-in-moldova): principal products are vegetables, fruit and grain.

The most important industries are food processing, pieces for domestic electrical applicances, textiles. At present, the most interesting possibility for investitors is the wine

industry, and the largest quantity of product is exported.

 About theme "culture and industry", we can suggest only the State Enterprise Quality Wines company of Milestii Mici, an enormous wine collection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milestii_Mici_(winery), which was presented during European Heritage days in 2010 as a "living" wine museum  

(http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/heritage/ehd/National_events/moldova_en.asp).

About world heritage, at present, Moldova has only a part of the Struve geodetic arc, a scientific installation of a study about earth meridians(http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1187). Other two locations, in the national territory, are now in the tentative list (http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/md).

2) In the secondary sector, that is the few existing industries as textiles, stell and chemicals are concentraded in the capital and in the city of Tiraspol, Belcy and Thighina.

Like other former soviet republics, Moldova is also undergoing a period of evolution toward different social structures and market.

The importance of the private sector as gradually accelerated to 60% of GDP

3) Food processing is the largest domestic industry, followed by power generation, engineering , hosiery, shoes, and textiles. The food industry accounted for 58.2 percent of the manufacturing output in 1997, far ahead of energy production the second largest industry.

Wine represents a major product of Moldova's economy, with exports in a good year accounting for up to 50 percent of the total export income. The wine industry has attracted some western investment.

The tobacco processing industry remains one of the country's most important; during Soviet times, the republic produced 40 percent of the USSR's annual crop.

 Moldova plans to privatize Tutun, the country's largest tobacco concern. Some new industries, such as scrap metal processing, chemicals, and medical equipment, have also emerged since independence.

6) Thailand

KINGDOM OF THAILAND 

(http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Asia-and-the-Pacific/Thailand.html)

1) The Kingdom of Thailand (constitutional monarchy) is one of the most interesting and important emerging economy of Asia. In 19th. Century a lot of states of Asia became colonies of european empires, but the Kingdom of Siam has always been independent. The state, thanks to its geographic location, had always important contacts with european empires, and foreigner technicians had been often researched to bring modern aspects of technology.

Our company can offer services to competitors, which are interested about businnes possibilities in Thailand, always according with local authorities; because, if you wish to start an activity in Thailand, you have to obtain the partnership of a local operator, which will be the owner of the majority of the social capital. This is a basic rule of Thailand's economy.

To make examples, we propose tours in the north of the state, through agricoltural districts, where most important sectors are rice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_production_in_Thailand - a world leader), fishing (shrimp), and forestry industry

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Thailand%23Agriculture.2C_forestry.2C_and_fishing).

And, if you search (according with law) a place to realize a new industrial zone, we have a partnership with Royana Industrial Park public company limited (http://www.rojana.com/home.php), the most important Thailand’s society to develop industrial projects for private operators, with attention also to transport system and logistic. Of course we organize travels to visit local industrial districts.

 About culture and industry, aspects of industrial heritage are now estimated in Thailand

(http://www.scholarshipinter.com/2011/content.php?id=1146); government is consciousness of importance of industrial heritage aspects 

(http://www.thapra.lib.su.ac.th/objects/thesis/fulltext/thapra/Julia-Jane_Davies/Chapter1.pdf,

http://www.thapra.lib.su.ac.th/objects/thesis/fulltext/thapra/Julia-Jane_Davies/Chapter2.pdf).

There are no industrial heritage places at present, but we have to indicate at least the important National science museum, Rangsit (http://www.nsm.or.th/nsm2009/english/;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gyw21FDPYg).  

And a relatively little known "attraction" is the Bhumibol Bridge (or the industrial ring road bridge) on the Chao Phraya River. When you go to Samut Prakarn industrial places of Bangkok, you can visit this monument of modernity 

(http://www.peri.de/ww/en/projects.cfm?fuseaction=showreference&reference_ID=685&referencecategory_ID=2) and, if you wish, the local archeological place; its name is “museum of the industrial ring road bridge”.

2) In the mining sector, the main resource is the pand. Lead, zine, salt, petroleum and natural gas are other important productions.

The principal industries are represented by textiles, food processing, cement production and metallurgy of tin.

3) Thailand was an agrarian economy and had virtually no industrial experience.

Automobile production started in 1960s as a result of government policies inducement incetive.

Foreign assemblers then entered into the country and started their production to serve domestic market.

  Local production and supporting industries have been developed and multinational car manufacturers gradually expanded their production and started export. 

Thailand is a regional manufacturing hub and supplier for many of the world’s largest auto makers. Thailand  is a central base for Ford's asian production. 

Auto industry infrastructure is the most developed in the region, which makes Thailand attractive for new investments by auto manufacturers.

5) Iceland

ICELAND

A) Iceland is an independent state in north europe (parliamentary republic), with a little population. It was a part of the Kingdom of Denmark until 1918, when it became independent; a young democracy, as Norway. A violent financial crisis has been begun in year 2008 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%932012_Icelandic_financial_crisis) with heavy effects on local economy. 

The most important aspects of industry of Iceland are (http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Iceland-INDUSTRY.html#b):

- food industry (fish processing)

- iron and steel industry (aluminum)

- chemical industry (fertilizers).

Extremely important is electrical industry, thanks to geothermal power and resources of rivers and waterfalls for hydroelectricity; we can organize special visits to geysers places, agree with local authorities, to study possibilities for foreign competitors. 

If you wish, we can organize meetings and conferences in an ideal space, the Harpa Concert hall and Conference center (http://www.iceland.is/arts-culture/), which is also the most importan music center of Iceland. Events (and music seasons) are planned with regularity; at present, we indicate the Nordic security conference for 2012 (http://en.harpa.is/events/upcoming-events/nr/1722).  

About culture, we have to indicate at least:

- the Akueyri industrial museum at Akueyri, about the history and industrial heritage of the city 

(http://www.geckogo.com/Guide/Iceland/Akureyri/Explore/Sights-Attractions/type/museum/);

- the Herring Era Museum in  Siglufjörður, the museum of herring industry - the most important icelandic industry of the past

  (http://www.thebestinheritage.com/presentations/2003/the-herring-era-museum,138.html);  

- the icelandic aviation museum (http://www.flugsafn.is/index.php?lang=en) at Akueyri;

- the "culture house", the national center for cultural heritage at Reykjavik; it is a place for exhibitions and artistic events to promote local cultural 

  heritage (http://www.thjodmenning.is/index_english.htm);

- the Bustarfell museum at Hofsardalur about history and lifestyle in Iceland (http://www.randburg.com/is/tourism/museums.html).  

B) Icelandic industry

Fishing and Fish processing industry are the major economical resources of Iceland.

In addition to the seafood processing, fertilizer, clothing and soap are the main products and some relevance as well as the chemical industry, publishing and production of electricity.


C) Iceland
The industry sector in Iceland has been through major changes over the past few years.


Innovation has been stimulated, primarily by a more liberal business climate and rapid progress in science and technology particularly information and communications technology.
.

This has provided Icelandic industry with numerous opportunities to create a variety of jobs in new and demanding areas, and enabled it to play an active and profitable role in international trade

With plentiful and secure supplies of high quality Icelandic fish, from the unpolluted waters of the North Atlantic.

Iceland is the ideal location for companies producing fish products and fishing gear for the European and American markets.

4) Qatar

Quatar

1) This little Arab State on the Persian Gulf, independent from U.K. from 1971, had been an important commercial place; today it is a wolrd-important center of petrol and natural gas industry with the highest per capita GDP in the world. With a young industrial economy, we have no examples of industrial heritage; there are industrial cities without historical aspects.

However, we could suggest trips to Ras Laffan, with the important port, to Mesaieed, the “capital” of petrol products, and Dukhan City, an interesting example of industrial place with attention to development of that area as a natural reserve (http://english.mofa.gov.qa/details.cfm?id=56).

But there are important cultural aspects thanks to economical resoureces supported by Ministry of Energy and Industry (http://www.mei.gov.qa/home-en/). In partnership with the state authority for tourism, (http://www.qatartourism.gov.qa/pillars/index/1/culture/232) the Ministry supports the most important cultural projects; we suggest at least:

1. the Musum of Islamic Art (http://www.mia.org.qa/), about history of Islamic Religion in the wolrd;
2. the Qatar National Museum (at present closed for renovation);
3. the State Museum of Orientalists, a large collection of pictures about Orientalism;
4. the Arab modern art Museum, which is also a history museum.

We have to add, that authorization to visit some museums can be obtained from Qatar musum authority (http://www.qma.com.qa/en/). You can see a list also at http://english.mofa.gov.qa/details.cfm?id=26. .

An important aspect of tourism in Qatar is the industrial expos travel; state organizes regular events and meetings; at present, for example Middle East railway opportunities (http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=11729) and Building World class stadiums (http://www.aeconline.ae/building-world-class-stadiums-2012/company.html).

Qatar Science and technology Park (http://www.qstp.org.qa/output/page7.asp) is a private foundation dedicated to foreign stakeholders, universities, competitors, companies which are interested to search businnes possibilities in Qatar.

2) the industries sector

The industrial sector represent the 64% of gross domestic product.

The governament of Qatar, has many projects in manifacturing, aluminum, plastic and wood in faciliting entrepreneurs wit the energy supply at low cost.

3) The Qatar tourism authority is actively promoting the country as a quality destination for

business and leisure traveller's.

Qatar proudly hosted leading travel and tourism business rapresentatives, and a large

contigent of international media.

A golden opportunity to develop a robust and sustanable travel industry

which will bring benefits to the country's economy is the 2022 Fifa World Cup.

The Fifa World Cup has already sparked interess among investitors in different

tourist categories including travel accomodation and travel retail, and the years to come

will see significant tourism infrastructures developments geared towards this event.

For Qatar it will be crucial to be able to sustauin the boom in tourist arrivals triggered

by the event and avoid a challenging post-World Cup hangover.

 

3) Bhutan

    1)  The Kingdom of Bhutan is a young state, which has been become independent from India since 1971. This relatively young little state of south Asia, between India and China, has no a history of industry, and it is very difficult to reach it (today there are no railways, see http://www.asiatradehub.com/bhutan/roads.asp) . Here, without a past, it is impossible to suggest travels about industrial and cultural heritage, but we have possibilities to offer particular services to companies. Bhutan industrial economy offers many opportunities, thanks to natural resources; local economy is based, at present, on three main sectors: electrical power (in particular hydro-electrical power, thanks to the enormous resources of Himalaya massive), production of cement, wood (forestry) resources. State government is very interested for production at sustainable levels for wood industry. And there are mines (iron, calcium) and other industries, and they are located in the south part of the state, which is currently a restricted place. All local industries are under control of the government, which can give authorization to the official department for tourism in Bhutan (http://www.bhutantrekandtour.com/) to organize special travels for companies. Bhutan government is very open to other stakeholders, to create business partnerships with foreign competitors. An important five-year project (2008-2013) was prepared by government  and  United Nations industrial development organizations (UNIDO) to develop private sector and creative industry, with attention to aspects of cultural heritage and traditions (http://www.unido.org/index.php?id=1000172). This project is dedicated in particular to private enterprise, in a state where public control is the only economical point of reference, at present. Government is engaged in important improvement programs.




2) INDUSTRIES IN BHUTAN

The industry relies on texilles, cement production, matches and alcoholic beverage. Mineral resources include: copper, gypsum, iron ore, limeston lithographic, lead, coal and dolomite, but their commercial exploitation is irrelevant. The largest trading partener is India.

With the sixth economic development plan investiments were allocated to the exploitation of forests and mineral resources and the extension of healt care facilities.

In 1974 the country opened its bordes to tourism. In 2002 6000 tourist the country and tourism has been the main voice in trade whith foreign con tries.





3) Bhutans tourism sector is one of the most exclusive travel destination in the world.bhutan enjoys an image authenticity,remoteness and well protected cultural and natural environment.

Today it is a vibrant business with nearly 600 private operator.the tourism industry in Bhutan is founded on the principle that tourism must be environmentaly and ecologicaly friendly,socialy and culturaly acceptable.

The number of tourists visiting Bhutan managed according tour absortive capacity to ensure promotion of our natural and cultural heritage through high value tourism.

The Royal Governmet of Bhutan recognizes that tourism is a world wide phenomenon and an important means of achieving socio-economic development particulary for a developing country like Bhutan.

The Royal Government of Bhutan also recognizes the tourism,in affording the opportunity to travel,can help

in promoting understanding among people and building closer ties of friendship based on appeciation and

respect for different cultures and life styles.

2) Switzerland

SWITZERLAND

This little european state has an important and prestigious tradition in mechanical industry, so we wish to explore something in this important country for industrial heritage. Between many museums and historical places, we had chosen two important examples: Winthertur and Bauma.

City of Winthertur is probably the capital of Swiss mechanical industry. In fact, we find here, at least two of the most important swiss mechanical indutries, the Swiss Factory of locomotives and engines (SLM), and Sulzer Group. SLM was founded in 1871 by an english engineer, Charles Brown (1827-1905), and became quickly a famous builder, especially of locomotives, well-known also in the wolrd. Of course, the greatest quantity of materials was created for swiss buyers; and this name is so important, in the history of swiss industry, and of the state, that the historical archive is part of the foundation for heritage of swiss federal railways state company (www.sbbhistoric.ch; http://www.sbbhistoric.ch/bahngemeinschaft/treffpunkte/slm-archiv-winterthur/). Many historical SLM locomotives are still in service, or preserved in museums (the most important is the Swiss transport house of Lucerne - http://verkehrshaus.ch/).

The second important “step” is the Halle (Hall) 181, a part of Sulzer factory, which has been since 2010 under restoration to become the place of the Swiss museum of steam engine (http://www.dampfzentrum.ch/). This museum was created by foundation Vaporama (http://www.vaporama.ch/); it was not possible to find a place in Thun for a large hall for this unique collection of old steam engines, but fortunately a suitable place was located in the industrial city of Winthertur – Sulzer Brothers’factory is an ideal place to save those materials. At present, the museum and the collection can be visited with an appointment; in Thun, you can visit the workshop of the foundation, where works of restoration and maintenance of operative engines are carried out.  

If you go to Thun in summer, we suggest to complete the visit with a trip on the lake with the historical paddle steamer Blümlisalp, owned by the foundation, restored in 1992; operator is the BLS railway society, which is operator of navigation on lake Thun (http://www.bls.ch/d/schifffahrt/schifffahrt.php). 

An important place for industrial archeology is the area of the hills between Bauma, Uster and Wetzikon (near Zuerich). We have the industrial didactic road of the Zuercher Oberland 
(http://www.industrielehrpfad-zo.ch/index.html). It is an itinerary with an important integration of little historical factories which preserve their original mechanical equipments - or they had been transformed in little museums (wood industry, textile, mills). And you see also an old locomotive-yard (at Uster), the oldest steam ship in public service on a swiss lake (lake Greif), a brewery. The best solution to reach this place is by public transport from Zuerich or Rapperswil. At present, it is not possible to reserve a visit for groups; if you wish to make a trip, you have to require brochures to the tourist office of the Zuerich Oberland (http://www.zürioberland.ch/xml_1/internet/de/application/d3/f42.cfm).

Contacts

For informations, suggestions, requires, please write to:
Selenia Pace - s.pace@campus.unimib.it
Enrico Crosti - e.crosti@campus.unimib.it

1) The Netherlands

THE NETHERLANDS


With their many dams and canals, The Netherlands have important systems of water pumping stations - not only windmills! We focus our attention on survived stations built between 19th. and 20th. Century; in fact those survived historical structures have always their historical engines (often steam engines), so they are monuments to the technology.
Those places are today little museums, and all offer a regular period of open days in the year to visit them.
An example: the water pumping station "Stoomgemal De Tuut" in located in Appeltern (www.de-tuut.nl/) is the only survived of a group of 34 stations built in the years of the first world war. This monument was restored with the help of the Army of the Netherlands, and you can see a little Youtube documentary (here added) about this unusual, important enterprise.

If you are interested in historical and technichal aspects of the steam engine, you have to visit the Netherlandish museum of the steam engine in Medemblik (www.stoommachinemuseum.nl), with its large historical collection of historical engines, some of which were built for water pumping stations.
Again about maintenance of water roads, a true monument is the preserved  steam dredger De Vooruit (www.stoombaggermolen.nl), part of the collection of the museum.

You can see it in Heerenveen, and we offer a little documentary (at the bottom of this page) about its difficult trasfert to a place for the restoration. We hope and expect, that it could return back in service; we indicate here, that a steam dredger, the Friesland, is preserved (still in service) at Sliedrecht, and it takes part to cultural events regular organized in the Netherlands (for example, we present a video realized in Rotterdam at the World Port Days on 04.09.2010).

The event of the World Port Days is organized every year at the end of the summer; an occasion to visit the port of Rotterdam, the most important of Europe  (next edition: 7/9 september 2012 - www.wereldhavendagen.nl), with many historical and technological aspects. Specials trips throught the port are always  organized with the only paddle steamer still in service on the Rhine, the event ship De Majesteit (www.raderstoomboot.nl), which can be also chartered for itineraries in the Netherlands.

About us

Monuments are not "only" palaces, churches, theaters. Tourism for industrial heritage is a recent, relatively little-known subject to organize package tours, with attention for historical, natural and anthropological aspects. We are interested to observe locations of industrial archeology, museums, foundations in the world, to suggest ideas for travel possibilities in the culture.