ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book provides insight into the opportunities of industrial tourism development, the barriers that obstruct the utilisation of potentials, and the possibilities to reduce these barriers. It develops a conceptual framework that identifies the conditions for successful industrial tourism development, based on literature study. The book assesses by applying it to six case studies: Wolfsburg, Cologne, Pays de la Loire, Turin, Shanghai and Rotterdam. It compares the different case studies and formulates general conclusions and recommendations. The book presents a general frame of analysis to be applied to the case studies, formulating four conditions for developing industrial tourism successfully. It analyses the conditions under which the interests between the public and private sector concerning industrial tourism converge.
