Heritage tourism’s economic contribution
Heritage tourism’s economic contribution
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DOI：
10.1177/1354816616674589
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发表时间：
2017-08
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
J. McGrath;David Primm;William Lafe
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作者：
J. McGrath;David Primm;William Lafe
无论从参观的角度还是从研究工作的角度来看，遗产旅游都是一个不断发展的领域。本文通过报告一项研究结果增加了价值，该研究估计了美国一个主要州遗产旅游的经济贡献。这些数据中详细的游客行为和支出模式可以被未来的研究人员用作估计其他地区遗产旅游的经济贡献的基准。使用传统的印刷问卷工具以及移动/在线问卷工具在宾夕法尼亚州数百英里的地理范围内的数十个不同的遗产相关景点收集了调查数据。共收集并分析了 3,524 份已完成的问卷。该研究估计，游客在调查地点花费了 750 万个日夜，购买了价值 20 亿美元的遗产旅游商品和服务。讨论了该研究的局限性以及对未来研究的影响。
Heritage tourism is a growing field, both from a visitation perspective and in terms of research efforts. This article adds value by reporting results of a study that estimated the economic contributions of heritage tourism in a major state in the U.S. Patterns of visitor behavior and spending detailed within these data could be used by future researchers as a benchmark for estimating the economic contribution of heritage tourism in other regions. Survey data were collected at dozens of diverse heritage-related attractions across hundreds of miles of geography in Pennsylvania using traditional printed questionnaire instruments as well as a mobile/online questionnaire instrument. A total of 3,524 completed questionnaires were collected and analyzed. The study estimated that tourists spent 7.5 million days/nights visiting survey sites, purchasing US$2 billion worth of goods and services attributable to heritage tourism. Limitations of the study are discussed along with implications for future research.