Description
This descriptor shows the number of World Heritage Sites designated by UNESCO. To be included in the World Heritage List, sites must be of outstanding value on the basis of cultural and natural criteria. A high number of UNESCO sites indicates the strong presence of cultural/natural assets of high tourism interest. This descriptor is provided in the EU Tourism Dashboard as complementary information to characterize tourism offer. UNIT OF MEASURE: number of UNESCO sites. RESOLUTION: NUTS0, NUTS2, NUTS3. COMPLETENESS: 100%. METHODOLOGY: Geographic coordinates of UNESCO sites
were converted to vector data and aggregated per NUTS level. DATA SOURCES: UNESCO sites, NUTS 2021 classification.
Contact
Contributors
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- Cristian Pigaiani
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- Filipe Batista
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0000-0002-8752-6464
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- Ricardo Barranco
How to cite
Pigaiani, Cristian; Batista, Filipe; Ricardo Barranco (2022): UDP - UNESCO sites. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/7672742b-cba4-4895-a492-3c0d1344368c
Keywords
Europe tourism UNESCO sites World Heritage List
Data access
Website
Geographic areas
Switzerland European Union Iceland Norway
Temporal coverage
| From date | To date |
|---|---|
| 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-31 |
Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2022-10-23
- Modified date
- 2024-01-17
- Issued date
- 2022-09-19
- Landing page
- https://tourism-dashboard.ec.europa.eu/
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Education, culture and sport, Environment
- Update frequency
- annual
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/7672742b-cba4-4895-a492-3c0d1344368c
- Popularity
- 26 Apr 2024: 1 visits