The NFP Sector and Heritage Management: Too Many Fingers in the Pie?
| Autor: | Sue Berry |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Cultural Studies
business.industry Geography Planning and Development Public sector Voluntary sector Management Monitoring Policy and Law Public relations Investment (macroeconomics) Cultural heritage Politics Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management Economics Cultural heritage management business Tourism |
| Zdroj: | Tourism Recreation Research. 24:31-36 |
| ISSN: | 2320-0308 0250-8281 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02508281.1999.11014873 |
| Popis: | Not-for-Profit (NFP) bodies, also known as charities, are playing an increasingly significant role in the ownership and management of historic sites and buildings, museums and historic landscapes. In this study, the reasons for that growth and some major issues that are now emerging as a result of it will be examined. The UK has been taken up as a case study because the role of NFP bodies in the heritage sector is well established in Britain. Governments can see some political and financial advantages in encouraging the formation of NFP bodies for heritage management. Members of the public can become enthusiastic advocates of them too, often because they feel a greater degree of commitment and involvement than would be possible if management was by the public or the commercial sector. Trustees of charities require business skills to manage tourism as a source of income and a means of education because they are legally responsible for the impact of tourism investment. Tourism is the one source of income th... |
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