Tourism valorisation of the industrial heritage assets of Rijeka, Croatia

Rijeka is a modern regional hub of cultural and industrial heritage and creative industries; the city near the sea, with new horizons and cultures; the city of energy of young people, alternative cultural tourist expressions and events in unfettered, multicultural and tolerant urban environment where everyone feels good. Owing to its position on the Adriatic coast and close to heartland, Rijeka was for years a city of industry, a port with good roads and a railroad to inland; even today there are buildings and warehouses as witnesses of its famous industrial past. Some parts of Rijeka's industrial heritage are under protection as cultural heritage and need restoration, conservation or transformation for reuse or tourist presentation. Reuse with tourism effect refers to spaces intended for conversion for various purposes. Tourist valorisation of the representative monuments of the industrial heritage of Rijeka is led by the City of Rijeka, with its partners, the Rijeka Tourist Board and the University of Rijeka (Centre for Industrial Heritage). The former Sugar Refinery, the Tobacco Factory and the warship “Galeb” will be renovated for the city museum, hostel, shops and NGOs. The officers’ rooms on the warship “Galeb” will be conserved and converted into a new tourist function as a hostel. The former Sugar Refinery will be the city museum and other buildings of the Tobacco Factory will be renovated for the city library and places for children and youth.