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The territory valorization starts from Underground Built Heritage: some cases across Europe demonstrate that development strategies can be based on caves, grottos and cavities related with local memory, devotions and identity. These models are the object of the COST Action 18110 Underground4Value a network of scholars, professional and stakeholders from 32 different countries working together promoting Underground Built Heritage as a valuable resource to be preserved and, when sustainable, to be re-used and valorized....

03 February, 2022 /

As travel is gradually regaining momentum, the UNESCO UNITWIN Network "Culture, Tourism and Development" is pleased to announce that the Network's seventh conference will be held in person at the University of Primorska in Slovenia. Recently, both tourism and World Heritage sites have experienced dramatic changes in their environmental, technological, economic and social conditions. These new challenges call for new perspectives, new strategies and new solutions for more resilient and sustainable tourism in World Heritage sites. As travel is gradually regaining momentum, the UNESCO UNITWIN Network "Culture, Tourism and Development" is pleased to announce that the Network's seventh conference will be held in person at the University of Primorska in Slovenia. Recently, both tourism and World Heritage sites have experienced dramatic changes in their environmental, technological, economic and social conditions. These new challenges call for new perspectives, new strategies and new solutions for more resilient and sustainable tourism in World Heritage sites. Read more......

15 December, 2021 /

The best examples of destinations harnessing the power of tourism for sustainable development have been celebrated in the 2021 UNWTO Tourism Video Competition. Launched ahead of the 24th UNWTO General Assembly, the competition was designed to recognize the best visual storytellers from every global region. Submissions were judged in two categories.Read more......

10 December, 2021 /

The Best Tourism Villages by UNWTO initiative was launched to advance the role of tourism in safeguarding rural villages, along with their landscapes, natural and cultural diversity, and their local values and activities, including local gastronomy. A total of 44 villages from 32 countries across the five world regions were granted the recognition in 2021. All of them stand out for their natural and cultural resources as well as for their innovative and transformative actions and commitment to the development of tourism in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Read more......

04 December, 2021 /

The Ministry of Culture and Information on Google Arts and Culture platform has started online presentation of the cultural heritage of our country. Seven exhibitions have been presented on Google Arts and Culture platform with audio-visual material in an attractive way: seven exhibitions have been presented: Monastery Studenica, Gallery of Matice Srpska, Synagogue in Subotica, Smederevo Fortress, Residential Palace of Ferenca Reichla, Ram Fortress and Church of the Monastery of Repentance....

14 December, 2020 /

With the Karnataka cabinet formalising the formation of the 31st district - Vijayanagara - carving it out from the existing Ballary district, the latter is set to lose several prestigious symbols associated with the district since 1953. Most importantly, the new Ballari district will no longer be on the world map of tourism as the Unesco World Heritage site Hampi, the capital of the Vijayanagara empire, will be part of Vijaynagara, the new district. Read more at: https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=776007...

02 December, 2020 /

Vietnam has been named the world’s leading heritage destination for a second time in a row at the 2020 World Travel Awards held in Russia on Sunday. The results were based on votes cast by travel industry professionals and the public. The recognition of Vietnam as the world's leading heritage destination testifies to the country's efforts to preserve its cultural heritage, the WTA said. Read more at: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/travel/places/vietnam-again-named-world-s-leading-heritage-destination-4198988.html...

02 December, 2020 /

Imagine taking a private tour of the Louvre Museum in Paris, pausing to admire some of the world’s most famous works of art — including paintings by Marc Chagall, Edgar Degas and, of course, Leonardo da Vinci — pointing to your favorite and declaring, “I’ll take that one.” Read more at: https://robbreport.com/style/watch-collector/louvre-painting-vacheron-constantin-watch-christies-auction-1234583734/...

02 December, 2020 /

The institutional inter-project coaching event ‘Challenges of coordinating ERASMUS + projects Capacity Building in Higher Education at UNS’ was organized by the SENVIBE team and held on-line on 27 November 2020. The participants were by the invitation only: the coordinators and administrators of four successive ERASMUS + projects coordinated by UNS: CULTURWB, ART-REM, SENVIBE and ECOBIAS. Besides for the sake of dissemination and exchange of experience, this event resulted in the list of suggestions for certain improvements at UNS. This list was sent to the UNS Office for Research and Projects. Find out more: [wpdm_package id='17799']...

01 December, 2020 /