Over 300,000 people work in EU Cultural Heritage sector.

8 million jobs in the EU are directly linked to Cultural Heritage (for instance, interpreting and safety).

Ecosystem services supplied by the Natura 2000 network have an estimated value of 200-300 billion euros per year.

68% of Europeans believe that the presence of Cultural Heritage sites can influence their choice of a holiday destination.  the Cultural Heritage sector produces up to 7 indirect jobs for each direct job, for instance in the building and tourism sectors. To make a comparison, in the automotive industry this relation is 6.3 indirect jobs for each direct job.

[Sources: “Cultural Heritage Counts for Europe” report, Eurobarometer survey on Europeans and Cultural Heritage (2017), “Linking Natura 2000 and Cultural Heritage” (2017)]