Demolition of old buildings with heritage value
• Number/% heritage buildings demolished.
Deterioration of built structures
• Number/% buildings considered in degraded condition.
Threatened historic districts or structures
• Number of buildings and/or districts listed on endangered sites lists
(i.e. World Heritage, World Monuments Fund).
Protection of historic buildings
• Number/% old buildings designated at local, national and/or
World Heritage levels.
Protection of historic districts
• % of district which has protection (level of protection or designation).
Cost of protection
• Level of funding put towards restoration efforts
(See also Conserving Built Heritage p. 76).
Re-use of historic buildings or sites
• Number of buildings reused for commercial or residential purposes;
• Number of buildings reused for tourism purposes (e.g. hotel or restaurant).
New legislation
• Quaintly of new legislation introduced to preserve structures at
local, provincial/state/canton or national levels.
Tourism's' contribution to preservation of built heritage sites (amount deriving from each source)
• Visitor fees;
• Concession fees;
• Donations from visitors and tour operators;
• Fees from guiding and other services;
• In-kind contributions (e.g. equipment, volunteers);
• Revenues from catering and accommodation services;
• Tourism-related tax designated to site maintenance;
• Sale of goods (e.g. informative materials, handicrafts, equipment to
visitors).
Tourism management
• Existence of congestion management practices (e.g. line
management, timing, parking, reservation and on line purchase
systems to avoid queues at ticket office);
Existence of visitor/information center, interpretative materials,
guided tours.
Use levels
(see p. 192)
• ➣ Total tourist arrivals - Number and origin of visitors to the
site per season (day, month, year);
• Length of stay;
• Number of tour operators with permit to operate at site;
• Times during year when structure is most heavily visited;
• Current building use (i.e. active, closed, abandoned or demolished),
continuation or change of usage of historic structure.