Open AccessEl valor social como factor estratégico en la gestión patrimonial y turística: el caso del sitio patrimonio de la humanidad Cueva de Altamira (España)
Author(s) -
Eva PargaDans,
Pablo Alonso González,
Raimundo Otero-Enríquez,
David Barreiro,
Felipe Criado-Boado
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pasos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2529-959X
pISSN - 1695-7121
DOI - 10.25145/j.pasos.2021.19.044
Subject(s) - promotion (chess) , tourism , cultural heritage , cultural heritage management , sustainability , heritage tourism , geography , political science , humanities , population , value (mathematics) , world heritage , ethnology , sociology , archaeology , art , law , ecology , demography , machine learning , politics , computer science , biology
The social dimension of value has become a cornerstone of the debate about tourism conservation, management and sustainability in relation to cultural heritage. This article examines the role of social value in heritage management and tourism promotion through the case of the Altamira Cave as a UNESCO World Heritage site by analysing the perspectives of non‑expert actors in heritage management. To do this, two surveys were conducted, one aimed at visitors (1047 valid questionnaires) and the other at the Spanish population at large as the host community (1000 valid questionnaires). The results show how these agents interpret the existence, aesthetic, economic and legacy value in ways that differ from those of the experts, deepening the complex relationship between heritage promotion and preservation, and broadening the debate on how social value can contribute to strengthen the international and national image of heritage destinations in the face of the uncertain future of the global tourism market.