The Puzzle of Tourism Demand at Destinations Hosting UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Ribaudo, Giorgio; Figini, Paolo

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“…Based on the research results, therefore, it is not possible to clearly prove that registering a destination on the UNESCO List will affect the demand in each destination in the same way. This result conforms with findings of Ribaudo and Figini (2017) who also stated that there are no clear-cut conclusions of UNESCO destinations demand in Italy after their listing, because destination findings are different. On the other hand, our findings differ from researches that found only positive effect on tourism demand (Cuccia, 2012;Patuelli, Mussoni and Candela, 2013;Su and Lin, 2014;Robinson, 2015).…”

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“…Poria, Reichel and Cohen, 2013), or no significant effects (Yong Yeu Moy and Phongpanichanan, 2014) on tourism demand of the UNESCO destinations. Ribaudo and Figini (2017) did an extensive study on Italian UNESCO destinations, but they also did not prove any consistent trends in the tourism demand of the surveyed destinations.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…So far, these questions have had no clear answers, results of different researches are not unambiguous (see e.g. Buckley, 2004;Cuccia, 2012;Yong Yeu Moy and Phongpanichanan, 2014;Zhang, Fyall and Zheng, 2015;Ribaudo and Figini, 2017), so there is still a need for further investigation, as well as for a debate on this subject. Our study contributes to this literature and gives new research results (based on primary data) about demand in the Czech Republic to the topic which is essential for sustainable development of tourism in the UNESCO destinations.…”

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Disparities in Tourism Demand of UNESCO Destinations

Pachrovġ¹,

Janoukovġ²,

Rykovġ³

2018

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This paper clarifies disparities in tourism demand of some chosen UNESCO destinations in the Czech Republic, which is located in Central Europe. The Czech Republic, despite its relatively small area, is an important destination for cultural tourisma large number of unique cultural and other historic monuments are located on its territory. Twelve of those historic monuments are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, including the Czech capital, the city of Prague. As capitals are usually very different from the regions as far as tourism demand is concerned, another separate study area was chosen for this case -the Vysočina Region located in the middle of the Czech Republic. This region has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites of all the Czech regions -there are three of them there: Telč, Třebíč and Zelená hora in Žďár nad Sázavou. Within the framework of developing a new regional tourism strategy and at the request of the Regional Authority of the Vysočina Region, an extensive marketing survey among visitors to the region was carried out. This research was done by the College of Polytechnics Jihlava in 2014-2015 and within it, various characteristics of tourism demand in all three UNESCO destinations were gathered. The research provided background information for creating visitor profiles of the destinations. Primary data obtained from the questionnaire survey enabled, after being processed by various mathematical and statistical methods, a comparative analysis of the chosen UNESCO destinations in Central Europe in terms of tourism demand. Its results show, e.g. that all surveyed destinations attract mainly one-day visitors, but not all of them regard a visit to unique cultural heritage sites of those destinations as their main reason for travelling there. The research results show not only new visitor profiles of the UNESCO destinations in the smallest statistical unit (the municipality), but they can also be used by destination management for planning customised tourism development strategies. Moreover, the study gives a comprehensive picture of tourism demand, which is important for the regional policy. Finally, the paper can be used as a case study for sustainable development of tourism in other UNESCO destinations.

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2018

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“…It is common in the literature to see how tourist destination performance is determined by the presence of cultural and natural resources (Cuccia et al, ; Herrero & Gómez, ; Ribaudo & Figini, ). Accumulating such resources affords tourist destinations a comparative advantage (Hadad et al, ; Oukil et al, ), enhances their visibility on the tourist scene, diversifies the possible motivations for attracting different groups of consumers, and thus helps place the tourist destination in question in a more competitive and efficient position.…”

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Achieving tourist destination competitiveness: Evidence from Latin‐American and Caribbean countries

Gómez‐Vega

Prieto

2018

Journal of Tourism Research

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We evaluate tourist efficiency in Latin‐America and the Caribbean, an area of growing interest in international tourism. We take 17 countries with homogeneous information for 2011–2015 and apply a two‐stage conditioned evaluation. We gauge efficiency using data envelopment analysis of a production function to maximize overnight stays given tourist resources and estimate the impact of external factors for infrastructures, cultural and natural resources, level of development, and so forth. We use a double bootstrap procedure to correct bias in efficiency ratios and serial correlation with second stage variables. We find that countries operate below their possibilities when attracting international tourism. The most efficient are in the Caribbean and Mexico, who specialize in sun and sand tourism. There is evidence that cultural resources and transport infrastructure improve performance. We find the opposite for natural resources and other infrastructures. This research furthers our knowledge of tourist efficiency analysis in an area where such studies remain scarce.

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“…All such communities linked to their natural space possess ancestral customs that endow them with a unique singularity that also becomes an incentive for tourism. The interrelationships between tourism and the heritage of a destination have therefore developed around four different areas of study [1]: First, the role of recognition by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) of a specific element of world heritage (material, immaterial or natural) and a first-order element of tourism promotion of the destination; second, the economic and social development that this recognition brings; third, the study of the attitudes and perceptions associated with visiting; and, finally, the influence of this recognition on tourist flows.…”

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Tourist Clusters in a Developing Country in South America: The Case of Manabì Province, Ecuador

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Societies nowadays shape their history by establishing traditions, customs, artisan expressions and, in short, the cultural heritage that represents them as a people in symbiosis with their natural environment. The present investigation analyzes the tourist phenomenon that has developed around intangible cultural heritage and natural heritage in the province of Manabí (Ecuador). Three types of visitors were identified in terms of motivation schemes; these three types were considered valid and useful for segmenting within the province of Manabí as a tourist destination. The conclusions suggest the need to conceive tourism products that improve the image of the destination and, at the same time, enable the sustainable management of the destination itself.

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The Puzzle of Tourism Demand at Destinations Hosting UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Cited by 65 publications

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Disparities in Tourism Demand of UNESCO Destinations

Disparities in Tourism Demand of UNESCO Destinations

Achieving tourist destination competitiveness: Evidence from Latin‐American and Caribbean countries

Tourist Clusters in a Developing Country in South America: The Case of Manabì Province, Ecuador

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