UNESCO World Heritage sites and tourism attractiveness: The case of Italian provinces

• Rosaria Rita Canale ^[1] ; Elina De Simone ; Amedeo Di Maio ; Benedetta Parenti ^[2]
  1. [1] Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope

     Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope

     Nápoles, Italia

     
  2. [2] University of Naples L’Orientale
• Localización: Land use policy: The International Journal Covering All Aspects of Land Use, ISSN 0264-8377, ISSN-e 1873-5754, Nº. 85, 2019, págs. 114-120
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper aims at investigating whether the inscriptions in the UNESCO World Heritage List (WHL) sites influence tourism attractiveness. An empirical analysis, based on dynamic panel data methodology, was implemented to study the effect of WHL cultural and natural properties inclusion on international tourist arrivals in Italian provinces in the 2000–2014 time span. Results suggest that being awarded with a World Heritage recognition, together with the province’s wealth, environmental habits and the openness to external markets, may influence attractiveness, confirming a tourism-enhancing role of the List, beyond the simple heritage preservation.