The Impact of UNESCO World Heritage Listing on Hospitality Demand - Research on Selected Sites in Italy

• Autorzy: Giorgio Ribaudo , Valbona Sadiraj
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The UWH listing has significantly grown since its beginning in 1972: at the time of writing of this paper, it includes 981 sites in 153 countries. Though the main objective of the WHL is the preservation of the natural and cultural heritage of outstanding relevance for the future generations, the UNESCO assignment is also sought after from policy makers as a presumed way to promote the destination where the site is located. Based on this "good sense" assumption, scientific research has spread over to verify or demonstrate any correlation between UWH listing and tourism performances in a destination, performances that have been approached and estimated in several ways. L. Solima (2012) has measured the economic impact deriving from visitors of the site, R. Patuelli, M. Mussoni and G. Candela (2013) have estimated the increase in international arrivals, which has been the same measure used by Yu-Wen Su, Hui-Lin Lin (2012). Few studies used overnight stays as a measure (Cuccia, 2012). Italy has 49 UWH listed sites. The number of sites has constantly grown since 1987, with a certain concentration on the years 1995-1998, when, in only 4 years, 21 sites where officially included in the Unesco list. (fragment of text)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Cultural heritage; World heritage

PL

Dziedzictwo kulturowe; Światowe dziedzictwo

• Czasopismo: Scientific Publications / University of Economics in Katowice
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: Global Business Towards New Paradigm in Time of Crisis
• Strony: 276--287

Twórcy

autor

Giorgio Ribaudo

• University of Bologna-Rimini, Italy

autor

Valbona Sadiraj

• University of Bologna-Rimini, Italy

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