Does Gender Affect Visiting a World Heritage Site?

Remoaldo, Paula Cristina Almeida; Vareiro, Laurentina; Ribeiro, José Cadima; Santos, J. Freitas

doi:10.1080/10645578.2014.885362

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“…The education level of the visitors was the final demographic characteristic that exhibited similarities across all the sites within the descriptive statistics. As has already been noted in both the general heritage tourism and the more specific, World Heritage literature, the average visitor is well educated with at least a university degree (Huh et al, 2006;Kerstetter et al, 2001;Light and Prentice, 1994;Paulau-Saumell et al, 2012;Remoaldo et al, 2014). This is fully supported by demographic results presented here as approximately two-thirds of visitors at each site had at least an undergraduate degree.…”

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“…As has been mentioned, demographic analysis has found heritage tourists, including those that specifically visit World Heritage sites, to have higher levels of education than those who participate in other types of tourism activities (Huh et al, 2006;Kerstetter et al, 2001;Light and Prentice, 1994;Paulau-Saumell et al, 2012;Remoaldo et al, 2014). This is resoundingly true in terms of the results laid out in Table 4.…”

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confidence: 61%

“…Heritage specific literature as well as the more general heritage studies (Huh et al, 2006;Kerstetter et al, 2001;Light and Prentice, 1994;Paulau-Saumell et al, 2012;Remoaldo et al, 2014). However, they also diverged from these pre-established types as there were no overarching trends among the visitors at all three sites in relation to age, residence, and income.…”

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“…The visitors sampled in Paulau-Saumell et al (2012) were similar in age to those seen in the previous study with the majority of visitors falling between 25 and 54 years of age, and 65.34% of all visitors sampled indicated that they possessed a university degree. However, in contrast to both King and Prideaux (2010) and Remoaldo et al (2014), gender was not a significant variable and visitors were fairly evenly distributed between male and female.…”

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Who visits World Heritage? A comparative analysis of three cultural sites

Adie

Hall

2016

Journal of Heritage Tourism

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Abstract:Heritage tourism is a growing segment of the modern tourism industry, and several studies have been undertaken to identify the individuals who participate in this type of tourism. These have indicated that heritage tourists, generally, are middle class, middle age, and well educated. However, despite their iconic role, there has been relatively little attention paid to profile of visitors to World Heritage Sites.This study aims to better understand the demography of this specific tourism segment through the use of survey-based research at three geographically-diverse World Heritage Sites: Independence Hall in the USA, Studenica Monastery in Serbia, and the Archaeological Site of Volubilis in Morocco. Through the use of descriptive statistics, several over-arching trends were noted among the three sites.World Heritage site visitors were found to be very well educated, but they did not have any similarities in relation to age, income, or residence, which contrasts the 'general' heritage tourist typology. However, there were several World Heritage specific trends. While this work is a snapshot of the three sites under study and thus is difficult to generalize, it provides the basis for more comprehensive demographic research on visitors to World Heritage sites.

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Who visits World Heritage? A comparative analysis of three cultural sites

Adie

Hall

2016

Journal of Heritage Tourism

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“…On the other hand, different books analyse this relationship, and among them we can underscore those of Timothy and Boyd [17], Di Giovine [7], Timothy [18] and Park [19]. In any case, we must specify that heritage tourism refers to the activities of visiting or of experiencing heritage areas whether they are natural, cultural or urban [8] and that involve the visitor seeking a connection with his roots and with his heritage [11].…”

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Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism in Córdoba, Spain

Cruz¹,

López‐Guzmán²

2017

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Abstract:The recognition of a place as a World Heritage Site (WHS) by UNESCO is fundamental to preserve its historical and artistic inheritance and, at the same time, to encourage visits to that area. The purpose of this article is to contribute to the study of the relationship between WHS and cultural tourism, with a marked sustainable character, through the presentation of the results of research conducted in the city of Cordoba (Spain) and which analyses the sociodemographic profile of the tourists, the variables that influence their level of satisfaction and of their loyalty and the classification of the travelers through different variables. The principal results of the research show the significant educational level of the surveyed tourists, as well as the high level of satisfaction with the visit, the high number of countries of origin and the outstanding motivation for knowing the city's heritage roots.

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