Acta turistica, Vol. 28 No. 1, 2016.
Review article
SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE VALUATION PROCESS IN TOURISM
Ingeborg Matečić
orcid.org/0000-0002-1812-8446
; Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The main purpose of this paper is to critically analyse the values of tangible cultural heritage in order to present the specific characteristics of its valuation process. Tangible cultural heritage generates cultural services that are experienced by tourists and whose benefi ts are recognised not only to tourists but also to the local community. Since cultural heritage generates two types of values, two types of valuation process are discussed and critically analysed in the paper. The characteristics of both non-economic and economic valuation processes are reviewed. The results of the research using interdisciplinary methods to evaluate cultural heritage’s benefi ts to a tourism destination should help align cultural
heritage management with tourism destination management practices.
Keywords
cultural heritage value; cultural value; economic value; economic valuation process; non-economic valuation process
Hrčak ID:
161385
URI
Publication date:
1.6.2016.
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