The Impact of Cultural Heritage Tourism on Local Economies

Abstract

The paper explores the issue of whether cultural tourism has an impact in enhancing the growth of the region, by looking at both the quantitative and the qualitative information. The cultural tourism is believed to be the contributor to the same area of 22-28% of the overall annual tourism revenue in studied regions with the provision of employment to 15-20% of the total local work force. Visitor expenditure rose by 18 percent each year in a region with robust heritage preservation policies, and thus shows its economic strength.