Delmira Syafrini, Muhamad Fadhil Nurdin, Yogi Suprayogi Sugandi, Alfan Miko
This study discusses the transformation of Sawahlunto, Indonesia from a coal mining city into a cultured mining heritage tourism city as an effort to overcome the threat of becoming a “ghost town” following the demise of the coal mining industry. Interestingly, in less than 15 years, Sawahlunto was able to rise from this adversity by altering the city’s vision to become a cultured mining heritage tourism city. This success is inseparable from the stakeholders’ creativity as agents of change; they reutilized mining heritage resources as attractive tourism destinations. The agents’ ability to respond to the challenges facing this post-mining city was the main factor driving the city’s transformation and helping it escape from the threat of becoming a ghost town. Today, Sawahlunto has grown into a highly-valued cultured mining tourism city in Indonesia. © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Science, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia; Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia; Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia; Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia
