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Franchising our heritage: The UNESCO World Heritage brand [PDF]

open access: yesTourism Management Perspectives, 2017
The UNESCO World Heritage List has been continuously growing since the first sites were listed in 1978. It has frequently been highlighted as a marker of quality and authenticity, and UNESCO underscores that designation is important for tourist visitation.
Bailey Ashton Adie
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UNESCO World Heritage Convention – mission and commitment in times of challenges: lessons learnt from World Heritage Cities in Northwest-Europe and North-America

open access: yesOchrona Dziedzictwa Kulturowego, 2023
This article is based on a presentation given at the International Conference “50 years UNESCO World Heritage Convention in Europe: Achievements and Challenges” in Krakow/Poland in June 2022.
Matthias Ripp   +2 more
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Social determinants of malaria prevalence among children under five years: A cross-sectional analysis of Akure, Nigeria

open access: yesScientific African, 2022
The global fight towards the reduction of malaria burden in the last decade has indeed attained great strides. Conversely, and in recent times, the African region especially Nigeria is characterised with increasing malaria burden. With focus on childhood
Taye Bayode, Alexander Siegmund
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DIVE INTO HERITAGE: A DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION PLATFORM OF WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES IN THE ARAB STATES REGION [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2023
The world celebrated the 50 years of the World Heritage Convention. With more than 1000 cultural and natural sites, the 1972 World Heritage Convention is the most widely recognized.
O. Vileikis   +4 more
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Conservation Challenges and Emerging Trends of Digital Preservation for UNESCO Architectural Heritage, Pakistan

open access: yesConservation, 2021
Recent worldwide initiatives at world heritage forums, especially UNESCO, have increased the importance of architectural heritage. Architectural heritage includes built structures that are of outstanding value of natural and cultural identity and require
Asma Khalid
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Round Table: Target Groups, Users, Followers, Fans – The Nature and Potential of Social Data in Archaeology

open access: yesStudies in Digital Heritage, 2017
At the 21st  Cultural Heritage and New Technologies conference (CHNT), which took place from Novembe 16th to 18th 2016 in Vienna, Austria, Carmen Löw organized a round table to discuss first experiences with social data from the use of social media in ...
Carmen Loew   +3 more
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Considerations on Becoming a World Heritage Site ‒ A Quantitative Approach [PDF]

open access: yesAmfiteatru Economic, 2018
The UNESCO World Heritage list has set as a primary goal since its creation in 1972 the protection of places with special cultural or physical significance. Nevertheless, the present list suffers from a lack of balance regarding the distribution of sites
Daniel Glaser-Segura   +2 more
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RESIDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES TOWARDS CONSERVATION IN GEORGE TOWN WORLD HERITAGE CITY: A POST-UNESCO LISTING SCENARIO [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Urban and Regional Analysis, 2022
Being inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage City since 2008, this scenario calls into question the voices, the participation and the aspirations of George Town residents themselves in the process of planning and conserving their city. As an extension of a
Yoke Mui LIM   +2 more
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Online visit opinions about attractions of the religious heritage: an argumentative approach

open access: yesChurch, Communication and Culture, 2017
Thousands of people every year travel to visit sites of cultural interests and a wide part of those sites belong to the Christian tradition. Tourism represents, indeed, an opportunity for the Church to announce its message and to promote moral and ...
Silvia De Ascaniis, Lorenzo Cantoni
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Urban Heritage in the Arabian Peninsula, the Experiences of Jeddah and Dubai

open access: yesBuilt Heritage, 2018
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates feature ultra-modern cities with millions of residents that developed in opposition to the physical patterns of traditional historical settlements.
Simone Ricca
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