**5. Conclusions**

From a cultural perspective, better conservation and promotion of cultural heritage are strongly linked to better awareness and assessment of public governance regarding the active contribution that culture can bring to boost the economic results. The development of future studies that may link the domain of cultural heritage to the economic sphere can bring significant benefits to both sides.

The experience of many countries, such as Italy, France, and Germany, shows that the cultural sector can bring about a strong contribution to tourism and to attracting of budgetary funds by increasing the number of tourists. In order to achieve this target, the study shows that in Romania, the interest of the government towards the cultural sector needs raising awareness for the development of statistical quantification of the revenues obtained from the cultural sector.

At the moment, statistical data reveal interesting links between cultural heritage and certain behaviors of people, considered in connection with education and occupation. According to the results of the present analysis, the active contribution of cultural heritage to the socio-human and economic spheres (from the perspective of the labor force impact) requires more careful attention especially with regard to finance.

The results of the current study show an interesting path regarding the interest of the Romanian people to heritage objectives, as explained through visits to museums, cinemas, and libraries. Throughout the whole analyzed period, the indicators show a greater concern of the Romanian public for museums, compared to cinemas and libraries. The statistical data document great enthusiasm for the cultural exhibits in museums compared to the sympathy for cinemas or reading in libraries. Although during 2010–2012 the interest for cinemas grew massively, the total number of moviegoers was lower than visitors to museums. The appetence for *Public Governance and Cultural Heritage: Exploring the Links between Culture and Social… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.90793*

old/new exhibits in museums as an expression of social behavior towards culture reveals the value of heritage as an expression of identity knowledge and vision.

Corporate governance has to comply with requirements regarding the publicity of financial and nonfinancial statements on cultural heritage and statistical databases concerned with arts transactions, as instruments to prevent frauds and forgeries. The outcomes of greater governance publicity in cultural heritage reside in matters like trust, state legitimacy, social participation, and discouragement of corruption.

The relationship between knowledge and transparency sets the incentives for governance efficiency and cultural heritage protection. With a better understanding of public managerial decisions comes cultural value acknowledgement and the improvement of protection measures.

## **Acknowledgements**

indicate that all variables contributed to the formation of the first factorial shaft, while the variable "number of readers in libraries" had an insignificant contribution

MUSEUM\_V\_No 0.805 0.133 CINEMA\_V\_No 0.721 0.145 LIBR\_R\_No 0.951 — CINEMA\_Show 0.770 0.608 HS\_No 0.910 0.144 UNIV\_No 0.180 0.904 ACTIVE\_No 0.621 0.727 UNEMP\_No 0.738 0.538 RETR\_No 0.557 0.663

**Component 1 2**

The scree plot in rotated space reiterates graphic values determined in the correlation matrix and places in space the variables chosen against the formed

From a cultural perspective, better conservation and promotion of cultural heritage are strongly linked to better awareness and assessment of public governance regarding the active contribution that culture can bring to boost the economic results. The development of future studies that may link the domain of cultural heritage to the economic sphere can bring significant benefits to both sides.

The experience of many countries, such as Italy, France, and Germany, shows that the cultural sector can bring about a strong contribution to tourism and to attracting of budgetary funds by increasing the number of tourists. In order to achieve this target, the study shows that in Romania, the interest of the government towards the cultural sector needs raising awareness for the development of statisti-

At the moment, statistical data reveal interesting links between cultural heritage

The results of the current study show an interesting path regarding the interest

and certain behaviors of people, considered in connection with education and occupation. According to the results of the present analysis, the active contribution of cultural heritage to the socio-human and economic spheres (from the perspective of the labor force impact) requires more careful attention especially with regard to

of the Romanian people to heritage objectives, as explained through visits to museums, cinemas, and libraries. Throughout the whole analyzed period, the indicators show a greater concern of the Romanian public for museums, compared to cinemas and libraries. The statistical data document great enthusiasm for the cultural exhibits in museums compared to the sympathy for cinemas or reading in libraries. Although during 2010–2012 the interest for cinemas grew massively, the total number of moviegoers was lower than visitors to museums. The appetence for

cal quantification of the revenues obtained from the cultural sector.

to the formation of the second factorial axis.

factorial axes.

*The component matrix.*

**Table 8.**

*Heritage*

**5. Conclusions**

finance.

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This chapter was supported by a grant of the Romanian Ministery of Research and Innovation, CCCDI – UEFISCDI, project number PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017- 0476/51-PCCDI/2018, within PNCDI III, ACRONIM: ARHEOCONS.
