World Heritage List: does it make sense?
Bruno S. Frey|Lasse Steiner
The UNESCO World Heritage List contains the 900 most treasured sites of humanity's culture and landscapes. This is beneficial where heritage are undetected, disregarded by national decision‐makers, not commercially exploitable, financial resources, political control, technical knowledge for conservation inadequate. Alternatives such as market lists more cultural natural already popular, markets work well, inclusion in does raise destruction potential excessive tourism, times war, or terrorists.
International Journal of Cultural Policy|RePEc: Research Papers in Economics|Econstor (Econstor)|Econstor (Econstor)|Warwick Research Archive Portal (University of Warwick)|RePEc: Research Papers in Economics|Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)