Similarities and differences between world heritage tourism and heritage tourism

The main difference between heritage tourism and world heritage tourism lies in the specific types of tourism they contain. Heritage tourism is a tourism form with historical buildings, arts and crafts and beautiful scenery as tourist attractions, while world heritage tourism is a tourism form with cultural heritage, natural heritage, double heritage, cultural landscape heritage and intangible cultural heritage listed in the World Heritage List as tourist attractions.

In addition, the impact of heritage tourism and world heritage tourism is also different. The economic impact of heritage tourism includes the income of destinations and enterprises, job creation, the income of local governments and the impact of the consumption of heritage tourists on local economy. World heritage tourism may promote investment in this destination, and if heritage tourists are foreigners, they may bring foreign exchange. In terms of environment, heritage tourism may build hotels and restaurants on the original sites of dilapidated houses. Heritage tourists need infrastructure, such as roads, which will destroy natural habitats, consume valuable resources and cause pollution.

To sum up, there are differences between heritage tourism and world heritage tourism in terms of attraction value, specific tourism types, economic impact and environmental impact.