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World Heritage Area listing of the Greater Blue Mountains — Did it make a difference to visitation?

Hardiman, Nigel and Burgin, Shelley (2013) World Heritage Area listing of the Greater Blue Mountains — Did it make a difference to visitation? Tourism Management Perspectives, 6 . pp. 63-64. ISSN 2211-9736

Full content URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2012.12.002

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Abstract

Effects of World Heritage listing on visitation to a given destination have been widely debated but little-researched, especially those areas listed for their natural values. In a study of the Greater Blue Mountains (Australia) we found that five years after gazettal the majority of visitors were unaware that they had visited a World Heritage Area and, therefore, the status of the area had no effect on visitation for many. This was despite the majority of visitors being primarily motivated to visit the area for its natural beauty, and they were satisfied with their experience.

Keywords:National Park, World Heritage Area, Visitation, Tourism trends, nature tourism, Natural area management
Subjects:N Business and Administrative studies > N840 International Tourism
N Business and Administrative studies > N800 Tourism, Transport and Travel
N Business and Administrative studies > N550 International Marketing
N Business and Administrative studies > N231 Land Management
N Business and Administrative studies > N200 Management studies
N Business and Administrative studies > N560 Promotion and Advertising
N Business and Administrative studies > N500 Marketing
N Business and Administrative studies > N222 Recreation/Leisure Management
N Business and Administrative studies > N211 Strategic Management
Divisions:Lincoln International Business School
ID Code:22987
Deposited On:20 Apr 2016 14:29

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