Economics of cultural tourism: issues and perspectives

Noonan, Douglas S.; Rizzo, Ilde

doi:10.1007/s10824-017-9300-6

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“…In short, and as highlighted by Noonan and Rizzo (2017), given the economic relevance of the culture‐tourism nexus and the policy implications in terms of efficiency and effectiveness both related to tourism strategies and heritage conservation and preservation, more research is needed to shed empirical light on this relationship. However, special attention must be paid to the potentially dangerous downsides and consequences of mass tourism for both heritage conservation and local communities well‐being.…”

Section: Tangible Cultural Heritage and Tourismmentioning

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“…World Tourism Organization, 2018b). As Noonan and Rizzo (2017) point out, even though positive estimates related to cultural tourism growth have been reported by both OECD and UNWTO, it is not possible to find a distinction in international tourism statistics between leisure and cultural tourism, nor to know whether culture is the main motivation to travel or just an ancillary activity. Besides, the notion of cultural tourism has been subject to a progressive expansion following the enlargement of the concept of culture itself.…”

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European cultural heritage and tourism flows: The magnetic role of superstar World Heritage Sites

Panzera

Graaff

Groot

2021

Papers in Regional Science

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Cultural heritage is a potentially important determinant of international tourism flows. Apart from being an enrichment for both individuals and communities and an opportunity for different cultures to meet, tourism also represents a significant industry for European economies. We empirically investigate the impact of the endowment of tangible cultural heritage on tourism attractiveness of European regions. We measure material forms of cultural heritage both as regional density of locally defined monuments, cultural landscapes and museums, and as number of cultural sites listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites international programme. Using a Bayesian multilevel gravity model, we find that UNESCO cultural World Heritage Sites are associated with an increase of 6,000 (one site) to 60,000 (eight sites) international tourists from each European country to an average European region. On the other hand, regionally or nationally defined tangible forms of heritage play a more limited role as pull‐factors for international tourism. Moreover, we show that the presence of UNESCO sites reduces the distance decay effect. International tourists are willing to travel longer distance if a destination is endowed with UNESCO cultural World Heritage Sites.

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Section: Tangible Cultural Heritage and Tourismmentioning

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European cultural heritage and tourism flows: The magnetic role of superstar World Heritage Sites

Panzera

Graaff

Groot

2021

Papers in Regional Science

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“…Currently, creative tourism is defined as "travel directed toward an engaged and authentic experience, with participative learning in the arts, heritage, or special character of a place, and it provides a connection with those who reside in this place and create this living culture" (UNESCO, 2006:3). It has become an important component in the tourism offer of many cities, especially based on culture, which brings important economic benefits to the community (Noonan & Rizzo, 2017).…”

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Proposal for an index to measure creativity in urban‐cultural destinations

Fernández

García‐Suárez²,

Rodríguez‐Díaz

2020

Journal of Tourism Research

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Creativity has been engaged as a new way of developing tourism destinations, and this brings consequences for tourists and for the destinations themselves. Hence the need to measure the levels of creativity displayed by a specific tourist destination. To this end, an aggregate composite index is proposed, labelled Creacity, capable of evaluating spatial, environmental and institutional creativity in Spain's urban‐cultural destinations, taken as an example. The findings and methodology proposed pave the way to apply creativity as a key element in tourism competitiveness, in a clear bid to promote the Economics of Creativity, moving beyond the concept of Creative Economics.

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“…A series of articles explored cultural-tourism-related topics from an economic perspective, such as the behavior characteristics of cultural tourism consumers and the attractiveness of cultural tourism facilities to tourists. [49]. Srakar and Vecco discussed the impact of tourism arising from large-scale cultural events on an economy, especially on a macro level [50].…”

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Sustainable Synergies between the Cultural and Tourism Industries: An Efficiency Evaluation Perspective

Aaron

McDowell

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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Cultural tourism has received widespread attention for its role in promoting cultural heritage and economic growth. However, there is insufficient research regarding how to verify the synergy between culture and tourism and how to ensure its sustainability in the integration of the cultural and tourism industries (CTI). This study establishes an interdisciplinary composite analytical framework from the perspective of efficiency evaluation. China, a country that has advocated the integration of CTI since 2009, is the research setting. The findings indicate that the technical efficiency of the tourism industry has increased significantly since the involvement of the cultural industry. Meanwhile, economically underdeveloped regions have opportunities to catch up with developed regions in terms of technical efficiency, and they perform better in terms of sustainable productivity growth. Importantly, U-shaped and inverted U-shaped curves were found in the coordinate systems composed of groups comprising the coupling coordination degree and the efficiency-related index, respectively. This finding reveals the existence of a running-in effect in the integration process of CTI, thereby contributing to both theory and policy-making.Sustainability 2019, 11, 6607 2 of 20 arts, design, fashion, new media)" [8]. Thus, currently, the integration of culture and tourism is spreading and is omnipresent, and destinations rich in cultural and tourism resources usually have a high degree of consistency or overlap in the market [1,9,10]. Exploring and evaluating the synergy between culture and tourism is conducive to enhancing theoretical understanding, promoting joint marketing, and inspiring policy-making. However, there is still insufficient research regarding how to verify this synergy and how best to sustain it during the integration of the culture and tourism industries (CTI). Quantitative research in the related field only focuses on a single sector from an efficiency evaluation perspective [11][12][13] or on the degree of coupling coordination between them [14]; it is still rare to regard culture and tourism as industries and explore the synergy between them from an interdisciplinary point of view.By regarding the CTI together as a complete system or black box, in this study we established a composite evaluation framework consisting of three dimensions from the perspective of efficiency evaluation, to measure the technical efficiency, sustainable productivity growth, and coupling coordination degree. Specifically, the slacks-based measure (SBM) model of data envelopment analysis (DEA), the Malmquist index of total factor productivity (TFP), and the coupling coordination degree model were applied in the research. We further examined the impact of the cultural industry on efficiency and compared the relationships between various outcomes.This study utilized data from 31 Chinese provinces and regions from 2010 to 2016. There are several reasons why China is an ideal setting to study these issues. First, China is one of the world'...

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Economics of cultural tourism: issues and perspectives

Cited by 65 publications

References 50 publications

European cultural heritage and tourism flows: The magnetic role of superstar World Heritage Sites

European cultural heritage and tourism flows: The magnetic role of superstar World Heritage Sites

Proposal for an index to measure creativity in urban‐cultural destinations

Sustainable Synergies between the Cultural and Tourism Industries: An Efficiency Evaluation Perspective

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