CULTURESafeguarding Intangible Heritage and Sustainable Cultural Tourism: Opportunities and Challenges
This regional meeting focused on case studies from the region illustrating the link between intangible heritage and sustainable cultural tourism.
It aimed to provide a platform for experts and practitioners to examine effective means of strengthening communities’ capacities to control and manage their own intangible heritage in the face of increased tourism.
The key themes:
- handicrafts and sustainable cultural tourism
- performing arts and sustainable cultural tourism
- living heritage and environmental, agricultural and ecotourism
The meeting was organized by the Office of the UNESCO Regional Advisor for Culture in Asia and the Pacific, the (Korean) Establishment Initiative for the Intangible Heritage Centre for Asia-Pacific (EIIHCAP, Republic of Korea), the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre (HMCC).
| Title | Safeguarding Intangible Heritage and Sustainable Cultural Tourism: Opportunities and Challenges |
| Short Description |
This regional meeting focused on case studies from the region illustrating the link between intangible heritage and sustainable cultural tourism. It aimed to provide a platform for experts and practitioners to examine effective means of strengthening communities’ capacities to control and manage their own intangible heritage in the face of increased tourism. The key themes:
The meeting was organized by the Office of the UNESCO Regional Advisor for Culture in Asia and the Pacific, the (Korean) Establishment Initiative for the Intangible Heritage Centre for Asia-Pacific (EIIHCAP, Republic of Korea), the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre (HMCC). |
| Source | Patricia Alberth, UNESCO Bangkok Office |
| Publication start date | 2007-12-10 11:00 am |
| Publication expiry date | 2007-12-13 11:00 am |
| Author(s) of the present sheet | LS_NB |
| Organizer | UNESCO Bangkok Office |
| Event Location | Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre |
| City | Hue |
| Country | Viet Nam |
| Start date - Local time | 2007-12-10 11:00 am |
| End date - Local time | 2007-12-13 11:00 am |
| Type of event (generic) | regional meeting |
| Display related links & contacts in right column | No |
| Name of Contact 1 | Patricia Alberth, UNESCO Bangkok Office |
| E-mail address | p.alberth@unescobkk.org |
| URL for Link 1 | http://www.unescobkk.org/index.php?id=6046 |
| Text for Link 1 | Agenda of the meeting |
| Destination of Link 1 (field not displayed) | UNESCO.ORG |
| URL for Link 2 | http://www.unescobkk.org/index.php?id=5951 |
| Text for Link 2 | UNESCO Bangkok Office |
| Destination of Link 2 (field not displayed) | UNESCO.ORG |
| Destination of Link 3 (field not displayed) | UNESCO.ORG |
| Thumbnail image 1 | baul_songs_bangladesh.gif |
| PIC | intangible heritage |
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