World Heritage Sites: Hyde Park Barracks 1. Background What is a World Heritage Site? A world heritage Site is a natural man-made site‚ area or structure that has been recognized as being of outstanding international importance and therefore as deserving special protection. Sites are nominated to and designated by the World Heritage Convention (an organization of UNESCO). Who makes the decision to give a site World Heritage Status? World Heritage sites can only be nominated by the national government
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INTRODUCTION ‘No two world heritage sites are alike but all share common problems such as the need for a delicate balance between visitation and conservation’ (Shackley 2000). Each World Heritage Site should have a management plan that deals with entry charges‚ potential damage to the heritage resources‚ congestion‚ reduction of visitors at peak times and dealing with specific types of visitors. World Heritage Sites act as a magnet for visitors because it is believed that World Heritage listing increases
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UNESCO World Heritage World heritage sites are significant to learn our history due to the fact that they give a specific foundation for ideas and authenticate them (“Cultural). World Heritage Site is a site that is listed by UNESCO to be a special cultural or bodily importance (“World Heritage site). From 1972‚ UNESCO took ‘Convention concerning the Protection of the World’s Cultural and Natural Heritage‚’ and it inherited in 1976 (“Introduction). The earliest list‚ which is listed in 1976‚ contains
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1. Introduction The city of Bath has become a World Heritage Site (WHS) since 1987‚ identified as “a place of outstanding universal value for its architecture‚ town-planning‚ landscape‚ archaeological remains and its role as a setting for social history”‚ which is a unique WHS in Britain covering the whole city scale instead of only historic core part (UNESCO‚ 2009). Following the inscription of Bath from UNESCO (2009)‚ which is “astonishingly‚ undertaken with no boundary”‚ WHS designation became
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In this world‚ since its existence‚ there were so many things happen. Some were happened for a reason‚ some were not. Up until now‚ there are thousands of places on earth that people might look at them as the symbol of arts‚ source and origin of some cultures and also religions. These World Cultural heritages include tangible culture (such as buildings‚ monuments‚ landscapes‚ books‚ works of art‚ and artifacts)‚ intangible culture (such as folklore‚ traditions‚ language‚ and knowledge)‚ and natural
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Angeles University Foundation Angeles City COLLEGE OF BUSINESSS AND ACCOUNTANCY Tourism Department WORLD HERITAGE ANALYSIS First Semester‚ A.Y. 2011 – 2012 Name : Cartago‚ Kimberlie A. Score: Course and Year: BS Tourism Management II-A Date: 09/02/2011 Directions: Considering the World Heritage Sites you will visit in the Ilocos Region (Church of San Agustin in Paoay ‚ La Asuncion dela Nuestra Senora in Sta. Maria‚ Ilocos Sur and the Historic Town of Vigan) find answers
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Essay Heritage Listed Sites - Should it be Open to Public or Kept Private Sienna Ko Assignment: Personal Project Due Date: 20 Jan 2013 Did you know that there are 962 properties listed as heritage sites in the world? As we aware the Kakadu National Park‚ Uluru‚ Shark Bay and Great Barrier Reef in Australia are also listed as world heritage sites. However‚ there are currently 38 properties listed in danger because of various reasons; unable to support with technical‚ scientific expertise
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Vigan Heritage Village‚ Ilocos Sur Vigan Heritage Village is a town in Vigan‚ Ilocos Sur that is considered the best-preserved example of a planned Spanish colonial town in Asia. In November 1999‚ it was placed on the World Heritage List commemorating its cultural significance. The village was established in the 16th century‚ when trade and community activity started to flourish along the Mestizo River‚ lasting up to the 19th century. The name “Vigan” was derived from a giant taro plant “biga”
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development of cultural heritage tourism is significantly successful. The culture of Macau is not merely gaming but the East-West cultural pluralism. Its successfulness in preserving the cultural heritage can be clearly shown when Macao’s Heritage (“The Historic Centre of Macao”) has features on World Heritage List in 2005. This highly facilitated the development of Macau’s Cultural Heritage Tourism. In this report‚ the development and management of Macau’s cultural heritage tourism will be examined
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What is heritage? Introduction My attention in this essay is going to explain what is heritage. There was a survey done in 2010 in Australia‚ the question was asked to people whom responsible for this survey “what first come to mind when you think ‘heritage’”. The survey was the responses of two thousands of people‚ and the overwhelming majority of the answers are Old‚ Buildings and History. As a result‚ can we say that traditional view still dominate‚ in most of people’s thoughts‚ basically
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