Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Bernd Hallier Author-Name-First: Bernd Author-Name-Last: Hallier Author-Email: hallier@ehi.org Author-Workplace-Name: Prof. Prof. E. h. (RUS) Dr., Managing Director EHI Retail Institute Title: Defining the Mining Tourism. Case Study Idar-Oberstein Journal: CACTUS - The Tourism Journal for Research, Education, Culture and Soul Abstract: In order to be successfully promoted in the targeted markets, a destination must be favourably differentiated from its competition, or positively positioned, in the minds of the consumers. A key component of this positioning process is the creation and management of a distinctive and appealing perception, or image, of the destination.2 The paper introduces the area of Idar-Oberstein belonging to the “German Route of Gemstones”. Keywords: Tourism, Mining, Revitalization, Gemstones Classification-JEL: L72, L83, Q26, Q56 Creation-Date: 2011 Year: 2011 Volume: 3 Issue: 1 File-URL: https://cactus-journal-of-tourism.ase.ro/Pdf/vol3/Hallier.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:bum:cactus:cactus-2011-12