The effects of world heritage sites on bilateral tourism demand

• Steven Yamarik ^[1]
  1. [1] California State University, Long Beach

     California State University, Long Beach

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Tourism economics: the business and finance of tourism and recreation, ISSN 1354-8166, Vol. 32, Nº. 3 (May), 2026, págs. 570-588
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper seeks to estimate the effects of any World Heritage Site (WHS) versus an additional WHS on tourism demand. We first develop a theoretical model where the individual tourist chooses a tour and the amount of time visiting cultural sites and relaxing to maximize her utility. She derives utility directly from consumption of a non-tourist good and from tour characteristics. The model provides testable implications of the presence and number of WHS on tourism. We next estimate a structural gravity equation for 2000-2021 for close to 200 countries. We find that the presence of a WHS site in the destination nation has a positive and significant impact on international tourism. In contrast, an additional WHS is positive but only marginally significant.