scholarly journals Special opportunities for conserving cultural and biological diversity: The co-occurrence of Indigenous languages and UNESCO Natural World Heritage Sites

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Romaine ◽  
L. J. Gorenflo
Keyword(s):  
Biological Diversity ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Indigenous Languages ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Natural World Heritage Sites

scholarly journals Word Heritage Sites as soft tourism destinations – their impacts on international arrivals and tourism receipts

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (45) ◽  
pp. 25-44
Author(s):  
Zsuzsanna Bacsi ◽  
Éva Tóth
Keyword(s):  
World Heritage ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
General Level ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Cultural Sites ◽  
Natural World Heritage Sites ◽  
Cultural World

AbstractThe paper deals with the relationship between the presence of world heritage sites in a country and the volume of international tourist arrivals and international tourism receipts. World heritage sites are unique tourist attractions with enhanced attention paid to their protection, preservation and sustainability. The paper analyses whether the needs of sustainability can be harmonised with the requirements of a profitable and successful tourism sector, by statistical analysis of data about world heritage sites and tourism performance, for 129 countries of the world from 2014 to 2017. The results show that both cultural and natural world heritage sites are generally strong attractions for tourists and can contribute to increased arrivals and receipts. Cultural sites were found to have higher impact on arrivals, while natural heritage sites seemed to have more impact on receipts, which suggest, that visitors of natural world heritage sites are usually higher spenders, than tourists visiting cultural sites. Countries widely differ, however, in this respect by their geographical locations. Countries in Europe and Latin-America & the Caribbean region benefit most from cultural world heritage sites, while African, and North American countries experienced the benefits of natural world heritage sites more. The general level of development measured by per capita GNI also mattered for the less developed areas, but not so much for developed regions that possess a suitable level of infrastructure, health and education, and living standards.

scholarly journals Multi-decadal shoreline change in coastal natural world heritage sites – a global assessment

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 104047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salma Sabour ◽  
Sally Brown ◽  
Robert J Nicholls ◽  
Ivan D Haigh ◽  
Arjen P Luijendijk
Keyword(s):  
Global Assessment ◽  
Shoreline Change ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Natural World ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Natural World Heritage Sites

Asymmetric effects of cultural and natural World Heritage Sites on tourism receipts

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (24) ◽  
pp. 3134-3147
Author(s):  
Yu-Xia Lin ◽  
Ming-Hsiang Chen ◽  
Bi-Shu Lin ◽  
Ching-Hui (Joan) Su
Keyword(s):  
World Heritage ◽  
Natural World ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Asymmetric Effects ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Natural World Heritage Sites
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