II. Main Cultural products 2. Sites of Historical Interest

Introduction

This Section describes a Dutch historical military water defence line in the middle of The Netherlands, situated between the river Rhine and the former South Sea, nowadays the Eemmeer. It was the first defence line to protect Holland against aggressors from the east and a nice example how a site of historical interest can be restored and developed as a tourism object. After reading this section you will have an idea how to reconstruct a historical defence line to the benefit of tourism and the stimulation of employment in a certain region.

After studying this section you will:

• be able to describe the importance of historical defence lines from the EU perspective
• have an idea how to reconstruct a historical defence line
• be able to describe at least five tourism products related to a defence line
• know some marketing tools to promote the defence line
• be able to transfer the obtained know how to restore a defence line in practice.

2. Sites of Historical Interest

Section 2.1: Defence Lines As Historical Tourism Objects