Introduction
Industrial tourism is a type of tourism which involves visits to operational
companies and industrial heritage; it offers visitors an experience with regard to
products, production processes, applications, and historical backgrounds. more
than 100 years ago public and private organisations already started to organise industrial tourism visits. Historic examples includevisitstoFrenchwineriesandchocolate factories, to Greek and maltese lace-producers and todutch cheese
producers. In Paris, tourists and residents had the opportunity to choose amongvarious tours back in 1900. the tours on offer ranged from visits of textile-factories to tours of mortuaries and slaughterhouses.

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