Abstract:The relationship between international tourism and the registration of a place as World Heritage, both tangible and intangible, has been newly studied. Nevertheless, little progress has been done with regard to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries. This paper aims to approach this problem. Furthermore, the analysis is differentiated according to the kind of destination. To do so, a specialization index is introduced indicating whether a country is specialized in tourism or not. The study is based on… Show more
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