The World Heritage Centre is at the forefront of the international community’s efforts to protect and preserve.
| Title | Sites | State Parties | Description | Category | Date updated |
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| World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme | The UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme represents a new approach based on dialogue and stakeholder cooperation where planning for tourism and heritage management is integrated at a destination ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2024-09-24 | ||
| Developing a Sustainable Tourism Strategy for the Silk Roads Heritage Corridors | Developing a Sustainable Tourism Strategy for the Silk Roads Heritage Corridors © UNESCO / Roland Lin Acclaimed as the ‘greatest route in the history of mankind’, the ancient Silk Road formed the ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Dialogue between Bruce Yerkovich and Aubin Arroyo | During the dialogue, Bruce Yerkovich and Aubin Arroyo introduced their innovative practices that create positive change in people towards sustainability. Bruce underlined that sustainable tourism can truly empower ... | 2022-12-19 | |||
| Dialogue between Gabriel Zuchtriegel and Doris Maria Woerfel | The dialogue between Gabriel Zuchtriegel and Doris Maria Woerfel centred on the engagement of the local community in tourism. They agreed that involving local communities is fundamental to sustainable tourism ... | 2022-12-19 | |||
| Dialogue between Hamdan Abdul Majeed and Michael Pinksy | The dialogue between Hamdan Abdul Majeed and Michael Pinksy focused mainly on how sustainable tourism could benefit local communities. Tourists are generally confined to their ‘bubble’, which is not conducive to ... | 2022-12-19 | |||
| Dialogue between Jana Apih and Jascivan Carvalho | The dialogue between Jana Apih and Jascivan Carvalho highlighted the value of local communities for sustainable tourism. They agreed that knowledge of local communities can be used to promote sustainable practices ... | 2022-12-19 | |||
| Dialogue between Kamal Mouzawak and Kotchakorn Vorrakhom | The dialogue between Kamal Mouzawak and Kotchakorn Vorrakhom centred on the importance of local communities for sustainable tourism. They agreed that sustainable tourism must pay paramount attention to locals and ... | 2022-12-19 | |||
| Guide 1 – Case Study: Historic Town Of Vigan (Philippines) | Historic City of Vigan | Philippines | Vigan is an exceptionally intact and well-preserved example of a European trading town in East and South-East Asia. The architecture of the city reflects its historic roots and rich culture in both materials and ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 1: Understanding tourism at your destination | This guide will help you understand why tourism matters, some key questions you may need to ask and answer, and some ways to fill evidence gaps, such as utilising other partner's resources. Continue reading below to ... | 2024-03-25 | |||
| Guide 10: Monitoring success with sustainable tourism | This guide 10 will tell you why benchmarking matters and suggest some ideas on how you can develop site and destination specific benchmarks. | Sustainable Tourism | 2024-03-25 | ||
| Guide 2 – Case Study: Angkor and The Tourism Development Strategic Plan 2012–2020 | Angkor | Cambodia | Guide 2 Case Study: Angkor and The Tourism Development Strategic Plan 2012–2020 © Toolkit About the Sustainable Tourism Toolkit How to use this guide? Our Objective Resource ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 2 – Case Study: Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia) | Ichkeul National Park | Tunisia | Ichkeul National Park is characterized by a very specific hydrological functioning system, based on seasonal alternation of water levels and salinity. The lake and surrounding marshes constitute a stopover for ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 2: Developing a strategy for progressive change | This guide 2 will tell you how to develop a strategy for your destination that complements both the sensitive nature of a heritage site, as well as the task of sustainable and profitable tourism. | 2024-03-25 | |||
| Guide 3 – Case Study: Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia) | Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca | Malaysia | George Town and Melaka were jointly inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2008 due to their shared rich multi-cultural trading heritage. However, they have also been subject to criticism and a feeling of ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 3: Developing effective governance | This guide 3 will tell you why good destination management and governance matters, and how you can start to develop it in your World Heritage destination. | 2024-03-25 | |||
| Guide 4 – Case Study: Avebury World Heritage site, Wiltshire (United Kingdom) | Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Avebury stone circle or ‘henge’ lies at the centre of half the Stonehenge, Avebury, and Associated Sites inscribed as World Heritage. It is the sister-site to the perhaps more widely recognizable monument: ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 4 – Case study: Great Barrier Reef (Australia) | Great Barrier Reef | Australia | Coral reefs around the world are threatened both by natural and anthropogenic factors, with tourism having an important role in the latter. Direct impacts in coral reefs are related with badly managed tourism ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 4 – Case study: Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) | Old and New Towns of Edinburgh | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | The World Heritage Status Report showed that 41% of visitors to Edinburgh are aware that it is a World Heritage site, and 17% of all visitors think that Edinburgh’s World Heritage status influenced their choice. ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 4 – Case study: Røros Mining Town and the Circumference (Norway) | Røros Mining Town and the Circumference | Norway | Røros Mining Town and the Circumference is linked to the copper mines, established in the 17th century, which were used for 333 years until 1977. The site includes the Town and its industrial-rural cultural ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 4: Engaging local communities and businesses | This guide 4 will tell you how to reach out and engage with local businesses and the community in a dialogue explaining the mutual benefit that comes with making tourism more sustainable. | 2024-03-25 | |||
| Guide 5 – Case study: Røros Mining Town and the Circumference (Norway) | Røros Mining Town and the Circumference | Norway | In was back in 1922 when the Chief Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments and Buildings (Riksantikvaren) first understood the potential value of Røros Mining Town heritage. At that time, a recommendation of protection ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 5: Communicating with visitors | This guide 5 will tell you why communicating with visitors matters, and how you can do it effectively, in a culturally appropriate manner. | 2024-03-25 | |||
| Guide 6 – Case Study: Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (United Kingdom) | Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | The Cornwall and West Devon mining landscape was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2006 comprised of 10 different mining landscapes across the area. As the largest World Heritage site in the United Kingdom, ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 6: Managing the development of tourism infrastructure | This guide 6 will tell you why infrastructure is vital to sustainable tourism and how to begin the process of developing appropriate infrastructure. | 2024-03-25 | |||
| Guide 7 – Case study: Røros Mining Town and the Circumference (Norway) | Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Røros Mining Town and the Circumference is a clear case of a cultural landscape sustained by traditional socio-economic systems. In 2009 there were 21 active farms within the property and a number of redundant farms ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 7: Adding value through products, experiences, and services | This guide 7 will tell you how to think about developing products, services, and experiences as a key way to sustain the OUV of the site, enthuse tourists, and benefit local communities. | 2024-03-25 | |||
| Guide 8 – Case Study: Wadi Al-Hitan (Egypt) | Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) | Egypt | Wadi Al-Hitan – also known as Whale Valley – is located in the Western Desert of Egypt. It is an ‘open-air museum’ of invaluable fossil remains of the earliest, and now extinct, suborder of whales (Archaeoceti), as ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 8: Adding value through products, experiences, and services | This guide 8 will tell you how to think about developing products, services, and experiences as a key way to sustain the OUV of the site, enthuse tourists, and benefit local communities. | 2024-03-25 | |||
| Guide 9 – Case study: Land of Frankincense (Oman) | Land of Frankincense | Oman | The Land of Frankincense (LoF) World Heritage site is composed of four archaeological sites related to the antique trade of Frankincense and other luxury items across the Dhofar province of Oman: Shisr (sometimes ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 9: Securing funding and investment | This guide 9 will tell you some ways that you can secure investment in order to help make the aspirations developed from these guides for your site and the destination as a whole a reality. | 2024-03-25 | |||
| Sustainable Tourism Toolkit | Sustainable planning and management of tourism is one of the most pressing challenges concerning the future of the World Heritage Convention today and is the focus of the UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable ... | 2024-03-26 | |||
| Sustainable Tourism, Sustainable Heritage. 50 Minds for the Next 50 | There are now more than 1,000 World Heritage sites in 177 countries, and a great many of them are important tourist destinations. At best, tourism drives economic development and brings needed financial and social ... | 2022-12-19 | |||
| Sustainable Tourism Capacity Building | Lake Malawi National Park Maloti-Drakensberg Park Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
Lesotho · Malawi · South Africa · United Republic of Tanzania · Zambia · Zimbabwe | In the framework of the World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme (WH+ST Programme), the UNESCO World Heritage Centre has developed a capacity building tool for site managers (“How To” Guides) to help them ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-01-19 |