Assessment of the Activities of European Cultural Heritage Tourism Sites during the COVID-19 Pandemic
ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the way tourism activities are conducted. Restrictions on moving from place to place have likely limited the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus but have also led to economic crisis in many countries around the world. In this article, we ass...
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| author | Mateusz Naramski Adam R. Szromek Krzysztof Herman Grzegorz Polok |
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| description | ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the way tourism activities are conducted. Restrictions on moving from place to place have likely limited the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus but have also led to economic crisis in many countries around the world. In this article, we assessed the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the activities of cultural heritage tourism sites in Europe. Scientific research was carried out in industrial heritage tourism sites associated with the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH). Analysis of the literature and the results of our own research indicated a strong impact of the pandemic on the examined sites, expressed in the limitation of the operating time of the sites, a decrease in the number of tourists attended to, and a decrease in revenues. No significant reduction in employment was noticed. These sites were not generally used in preventive actions during the health crisis. Only some managers took an active part in supporting emergency services in a difficult situation. We concluded that taking up innovative functions by tourism enterprises should be open innovation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7bb3f1ca7bf843cea455934435e0d51b2023-12-14T05:21:53ZengElsevierJournal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity2199-85312022-03-018155Assessment of the Activities of European Cultural Heritage Tourism Sites during the COVID-19 PandemicMateusz Naramski0Adam R. Szromek1Krzysztof Herman2Grzegorz Polok3Department of Organization and Management, Institute of Economy and Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland; (A.R.S.); (K.H.); Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-32-277-7336Department of Organization and Management, Institute of Economy and Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland; (A.R.S.); (K.H.)Department of Organization and Management, Institute of Economy and Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland; (A.R.S.); (K.H.)Department of Informatics and Communication, University of Economics in Katowice, 40-287 Katowice, Poland;ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the way tourism activities are conducted. Restrictions on moving from place to place have likely limited the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus but have also led to economic crisis in many countries around the world. In this article, we assessed the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the activities of cultural heritage tourism sites in Europe. Scientific research was carried out in industrial heritage tourism sites associated with the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH). Analysis of the literature and the results of our own research indicated a strong impact of the pandemic on the examined sites, expressed in the limitation of the operating time of the sites, a decrease in the number of tourists attended to, and a decrease in revenues. No significant reduction in employment was noticed. These sites were not generally used in preventive actions during the health crisis. Only some managers took an active part in supporting emergency services in a difficult situation. We concluded that taking up innovative functions by tourism enterprises should be open innovation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2199853122010642tourismmanagementcultural heritage tourismopen innovationERIHCOVID-19 pandemic |
| spellingShingle | Mateusz Naramski Adam R. Szromek Krzysztof Herman Grzegorz Polok Assessment of the Activities of European Cultural Heritage Tourism Sites during the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity tourism management cultural heritage tourism open innovation ERIH COVID-19 pandemic |
| title | Assessment of the Activities of European Cultural Heritage Tourism Sites during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Assessment of the Activities of European Cultural Heritage Tourism Sites during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of the Activities of European Cultural Heritage Tourism Sites during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of the Activities of European Cultural Heritage Tourism Sites during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Assessment of the Activities of European Cultural Heritage Tourism Sites during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | assessment of the activities of european cultural heritage tourism sites during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | tourism management cultural heritage tourism open innovation ERIH COVID-19 pandemic |
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