Mots-clés
World Heritage Sites / UNESCO / cultural tourism / international organizations / local development / international standards / protection of cultural heritage / impact assessment / financial aspects / social aspects / tourist facilities / outstanding universal value / enhancement / tourism management / historical surveys / World Heritage / sustainable tourism / tourism impact / economic impact / sustainable development / World Heritage List / doctrine / literature reviews / tourist industry
Résumé en anglais
This paper has as objective to identify and systematize the evidence that we have in internationalliterature about the experiences of investigation on the incidence of tourism in the Heritage World Sites by UNESCO. We have identified a total of 178 contributions that communicate the topic of general character andthrough case of study, so much destinations consolidated and emerging. The methodology used have been based on the technique of analysis of content, systematizing the same in around to eight variables and analyzed if theincidence of tourism have been considerate positive or negative. It allows observing by one part the evolution of tourism in this sites, as well as, identify the areas of knowledge that must be addressed in future investigations.