Activities

World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme
For the past 40 years the UNESCO World Heritage Convention has conserved, protected and presented the Outstanding Universal Value of our shared heritage.World Heritage properties are ...
 Feature activity

Case Studies on the Conservation and Management of Historic Cities
The « Historic cities in development: keys for understanding and action»  project, a compilation of 40 case studies on the conservation and management of historic cities, ...

IMPACT publication: Cultural Tourism and Heritage Management in the world Heritage Site of the Ancient Town of Hoi An, viet Nam
This publication examines the impacts of tourism in the World heritage site of the Hoi An Ancient Town, an exceptionally well preserved example of a traditional Asian trading port and an ...

IMPACT publication: Luang Prabang
The first in a series of studies examining the impact of tourism on culture and the environment in selected sites in the Asia-Pacific region, this IMPACT publication: Tourism and Heritage Site ...

IMPACT publication: Sustainable Tourism and the Preservation of the World Heritage Site of the Ifugao Rice Terraces Philippines
This publication focuses on the impacts of tourism on the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, an outstanding model of sustainable use of limited land resources, using traditional ...

Luang Prabang, Laos : soutien à la sauvegarde et mise en valeur du site, et à la coopération décentralisée avec la Ville de Chinon
La CFU a soutenu la coopération décentralisée entre la ville de Luang Prabang et la ville de Chinon depuis 1999, à travers la mise à disposition d'experts ...

Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Tourism at World Heritage Sites
The US$3,5 million aims to link the conservation of biodiversity with sustainable tourism at six World Heritage sites: El Vizcaíno (Mexico), Komodo (Indonesia), Río Plátano (Honduras), Sian ...