Assessing the economic impact of a UNESCO world heritage designation

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-164

  VanBlarcom, Brian Logan ^a   Kayahan, Cevat ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Motivation; World Heritage Sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867139626     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743873X.2011.561858     Document Type: Article

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