Memory and Cultural Landscape at the Khami World Heritage Site, Zimbabwe

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashton Sinamai
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Heritage Site

scholarly journals Tourism development at World Heritage Site: The case of Loire Valley in France

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 72-92
Author(s):  
Jean-René Morice ◽  
Yi-De Liu ◽  
Chi-Fan Lin
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Visitor Numbers ◽  
Loire Valley

In 2000, UNESCO included a linear cultural landscape along a 200 kilometre stretch in the middle reaches of the Loire Valley, between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire. The management of this extensive cultural landscape is exemplary, innovative but also complicated. The aim of this article is to explore the challenges faced and strategies adopted by the Loire Valley as a World Heritage Site in the development of tourism. Quantitative and qualitative data were both used to enhance the depth and breadth of analysis. The work presented refers to three sources of data. The findings reveal that tourism development in the Loire Valley has some challengers, such as short stays of tourists, slow growth in tourist numbers, uneven visitor numbers between castles, and the blurred role of World Heritage status in destination image. However, three different aspects of strategies have been applied by the authorities to enhance tourism development, including governance and marketing, attraction development and activation, as well as synergies of local communities.

World Heritage Site as the place for education: the case of the Gango-ji Temple in Japan

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 454-462
Author(s):  
Satohiro Serizawa ◽  
Soichiro Sunami
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Local Community ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
The World ◽  
The Temple

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate educational functions of the World Heritage Site by examining the case of cultural tourism in a Japanese Buddhist temple. Design/methodology/approach Japan accepted the World Heritage Convention in 1992. “Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara” were decided to be listed on the World Cultural Heritage in 1998. It was composed of buildings, monuments and related cultural landscape, including five Buddhist temples and one Shinto shrine. Among them, the Gango-ji, focused in this paper, is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Japan. Findings It has been keeping many cultural properties related to the folk religious practice and providing many activities for the local community. The material culture of folk-belief is now preserved in a building in the temple yard. And there is an exhibition room. The main hall and the exhibition room are the important facilities for social education, where the visitors can watch and touch the real materials. According to the staffs of the temple, the tourists had better stay in the main hall after 1 h study at the exhibition room. Originality/value Heritage is a process of the contemporary people engaging in the usage of past as resources. The buildings as the tangible heritage used by the present community are combined with the actions as the intangible heritage of the people who preserve the heritage. The temporal tourists are also permitted to enjoy the process as participants. They can learn many things through their experiences at the heritage site.

scholarly journals Management of Isolated Islands: The example of Sceilg Mhichíl, Ireland

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Bourke
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
State Ownership ◽  
International Standards ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
National Monument ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
Culture Heritage ◽  
Protection Area

The island of Skellig Michael (in Irish, Sceilg Mhichíl) lies 11.6km off the westernmost tip of the Iveragh peninsula, Co. Kerry, Ireland. The island is approximately 21.9 hectares in area. It is owned by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht on behalf of the Irish people, with the exception of the lower (working) lighthouse and its curtilage, the helipad and adjacent store. Skellig Michael is primarily managed as a National Monument in state ownership. The entire island was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1996 in recognition of the outstanding universal significance of its cultural landscape and the importance of its protection to the highest international standards. As well as the World Heritage Site, the rocks are home to gannets, puffins, storm petrels and many other birds. Owing to its ornithological importance, Skellig Michael is also designated as a Statutory Nature Reserve and a Special Protection Area, and is a proposed Natural Heritage Area. As an Atlantic island situated a significant distance from the mainland, the management of the site, in terms of protection, conservation and providing a guide service, comes with many unusual and unique challenges.

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