Understanding Development Preferences of Visitors and Local Communities for Sustenance of World Heritage Sites : A Case of Ellora caves

Kamalapurka, Shubhada et Natu, Abhijit (2018) Understanding Development Preferences of Visitors and Local Communities for Sustenance of World Heritage Sites : A Case of Ellora caves. In: ICOMOS 19th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium "Heritage and Democracy", 13-14th December 2017, New Delhi, India. [Document issu d'une conférence ou d'un atelier]

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Evaluation of Heritage and its conservation should be based on the values that are perceived by various stakeholders. This makes the process of conservation, complex and sometimes difficult. Visitors at heritage sites, have different motivations of visit. They have expectations from heritage sites, different from those of the local communities. Hence their preferences for development at these sites may differ with the local communities, thereby posing challenges in conservation and development of the heritage sites. This paper presents the findings of research carried out at Ellora, the World heritage site in Maharashtra. Face to face interviews were carried out using a structured interview schedule. 141 local communities and 319 visitors were interviewed. Preferences for developmental activities formed an important part of the schedule. Preferences were solicited for 19 items on a five point Likert scale. Preferences of the visitors and local communities were compared using Mann-Whitney test. Of the 19 variables, visitors and local communities differ on 17 variables, indicating differences in preferences for development of heritage sites. The median values show that they are more preferred by Local communities than visitors, showing keen interest in the developmental activities in and around Ellora caves. Difference in means values of home stay facility shows higher interest of local communities in providing accommodation for the visitors for more economic benefits. Preference for Space and facilities for Art and Cultural festival and Space and facilities for religious festivals is higher of local communities; shows not only economic dimension but also the cultural dimension of the community. It can be concluded that Local communities have social and cultural associations with World Heritage Site and other religious structures in the region. It is suggested that the conservation and development should not be tourism centric but inclusive of needs and aspirations of the local communities for sustainable development of World Heritage Sites.

Type:	Document issu d'une conférence ou d'un atelier (Article)
Auteurs:	Auteurs E-mail Kamalapurka, Shubhada NON SPECIFIÉ Natu, Abhijit NON SPECIFIÉ
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés libres:	stakeholders; values; heritage conservation; development; sustainability; conservation; comparison; India; tourism; community
Sujets:	E.CONSERVATION ET RESTAURATION > 07. Gestion E.CONSERVATION ET RESTAURATION > 09. Aspects économiques et sociaux de la conservation I.TOURISME CULTUREL > 04. Tourisme durable J.ECONOMIE DU PATRIMOINE > 05. Patrimoine et développement durable L.PRESENTATION ET TRANSMISSION DU PATRIMOINE > 02. Interprétation
Comité national de l’ICOMOS:	ICOMOS International
Collections spéciales:	Scientific Symposium (ICOMOS General Assemblies)
Volume de la collection spéciale:	19th General Assembly, New Delhi, 2017
Déposé par:	intern icomos
Date de dépôt:	23 novembre 2018 15:47
Dernière modification:	24 janvier 2019 11:22
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URI:	https://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/1957

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