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The article presents the possibilities of using post-mining facilities and areas for tourist and geo-education purposes, as well as the specificity and conditions of such ventures, from local initiatives to projects with international renown. Factors deciding about the success of investments using post-mining relics were analyzed, mainly in terms of conditions for the implementation of projects for protection and securing such remnants as well as economic and social results of the project in the long-term perspect...

The article presents the use of the volcanic exhalations of Larderello geothermal field (Italy, southern Tuscany, Pisa province) for the construction of a large-scale heating system using geothermal heat of the Earth and make them available to visitors in the form of geotourist attractions (?Parco Geotermico Delle Biancane? with geotourist routes, e.g. ?La Fumarole?). The history of the use of inexhaustible energy resources contained in the interior of the Earth dates back to 1850, when in Larderello a heating pla...

The article presents the possibilities of modern use of historical mining excavations in geotourism and industrial tourism on the examples of selected post-mining structures in Poland. Issues related to the subject matter of historic structures, such as relics of former mining works and the significance of post-mining structures as a specific type of tourist products were discussed. The methodology was proposed for making post-mining structures available for tourism purposes, including analysis of particular condi...