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Economic Valuation of Cultural Heritage: Application to a museum located in the Alto Douro Vineyard– World Heritage Site

dc.contributor.authorFonseca, Susana
dc.contributor.authorRebelo, João
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-04T09:45:24Z
dc.date.available2012-01-04T09:45:24Z
dc.date.issued2010-04
dc.description.abstractCultural assets are increasingly being considered in the policies of social and economic development of territories due to spillover effects. However, since cultural assets are not transacted in the market, their use value should be calculated using indirect methods of evaluation or non market techniques. In this paper, the travel cost method was chosen to estimate the curve of demand in the Museum of Lamego which constitutes an important cultural item of the Alto Douro Wine Region, classified by UNESCO in 2001, as a world heritage site – a living and evolving cultural landscape. The results of the application of the Poisson model confirm the expected, that is, the probability of visiting the museum is positively influenced by the educational level, female gender and negatively by the travel costpor
dc.identifier.issn1695-7121
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/990
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherUniversidad de La Lagunapor
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 8, nº 2;
dc.subjectCultural economypor
dc.subjectMuseum demandpor
dc.subjectCultural heritagepor
dc.subjectTravel cost methodpor
dc.titleEconomic Valuation of Cultural Heritage: Application to a museum located in the Alto Douro Vineyard– World Heritage Sitepor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage350por
oaire.citation.startPage339por
oaire.citation.titlePASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Culturalpor
rcaap.rightsrestrictedAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor

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