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  • Visit almost all the UNESCO World Heritage sites…in one day


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    Currently there are 962 UNESCO designated sites – 745 of them are cultural heritage sites, 188 natural heritage sites, and the remainder a mixture of the two. And with the UNESCO World Heritage committee meeting this week in Cambodia to consider 31 new heritage site listings, the total number of World Heritage sites ...
    2 days ago

  • Palestinians: Israel tricked us


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    You might recall that back in December, the Palestinians submitted a heritage site to UNESCO for the ancient Roman irrigation network of Battir. Of course, that ancient Roman irrigation network had nothing to do with the Palestinians. As Giulio Meotti wrote:Battir, however, is not “a Palestinian village” with an ...
    3 days ago

  • The Kimchi-ite: Hahoe, A Korean Village That Time Barely Touched


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    Filed under: Asia , South Korea Jonathan Kramer, Gadling Less than an hour bus ride outside of the nondescript city of Andong in central South Korea , a little village doesnt just hold onto the past, it embodies it. Hahoe Folk Village (pronounced Hahwe ) has been inhabited for well over 600 years, with many ...
    4 days ago

  • Dong Van geo-park heads towards sustainable development


    Talk Vietnam — Authority Authority: 456
    A number of concrete measures to attract tourists and develop Dong Van Stone Plateau in a sustainable manner were presented at a workshop in Quan Ba district of northern mountainous Ha Giang province on June 14. According to Nguyen Manh Thang, Deputy Secretary General of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO, ...
    5 days ago

  • TRAVEL IN BRIEF 14/6


    Talk Vietnam — Authority Authority: 456
    Travel agency launches new river tours Saigontourist Travel Co has rolled out seven new river tours on the Sai Gon and Dong Nai. They will depart daily from Bach Dang Pier, and tourists can choose from seven destinations – Dong Tay Highway, Binh Quoi, Cu Chi Tunnels, Can Gio, Vam Sat Tourism Centre, orchards in ...
    5 days ago

  • UNESCO Culture and Development Week to be held in VN


    Talk Vietnam — Authority Authority: 456
    The Hanoitimes – As part of the Quang Nam Heritage Festival 2013, the second UNESCO Culture and Development Week will take place in the central province of QuangNam from June 19-26 with a focus o­n discussing the multifaceted relationship between culture and development and measures needed to maintain sustainable ...
    5 days ago

  • President Sang’s China visit to reinforce political trust


    Talk Vietnam — Authority Authority: 456
    President Truong Tan Sang (Source:VNA) President Truong Tan Sang will pay an official visit to China from June 19 to 21 at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping. This will be the first-ever visit made by President Sang as Head of State and the first ...
    5 days ago

  • Fostering quality tourist information centres in Vietnam


    Talk Vietnam — Authority Authority: 456
    Tourist Information Centers (TICs) play an important role in promoting visitation to tourism destinations and are integral in creating a positive travel experience for visitors through the provision of friendly and professional customer service and useful travel information. TICs also play an increasingly important ...
    5 days ago

  • Profitable Tourism through Information Quality and Community Partnership


    Talk Vietnam — Authority Authority: 456
    What speaks several languages and always has the scoop on what’s happening in Central Vietnam? The answer is Hoi An’s new Tourist Information Centre. The site operated for several years purely selling tickets to Hoi An’s many heritage attractions and will re-open in April 2013 as an information center with an ...
    5 days ago

  • The Canals of Amsterdam: 8 Reasons to Celebrate their 400th Birthday


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    The canals of Amsterdam are celebrating a birthday in 2013 and it’s rather a big one. One that you and I will likely not reach – 400 years! I’m just aiming for an even happy and healthy 100 years! But the canals are aging rather well and 400 years later remain an exemplary example of city planning done right. ...
    6 days ago

  • World Heritage Site: Canaima National Park


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    Comparable to the size of Maryland, Canaima National Park is located on the border shared by Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana. Unique plateaus called tepuis and the world’s tallest waterfall (Angel Falls) reside in this Venezuelan World Heritage Site, home of 6,000 Pemon indigenous people. Do you want more pictures ...
    6 days ago

  • Italy Photo Gallery: Top 10 most popular articles in May 2013.


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    1.- Levanto: searching for a new identity. In order to understand the present day Levanto, we must behave like we do with the people we love: learn its story, give a historical depth to the landscape of today and learn about the vocations and the identities that have followed one another in time. We ...
    6 days ago

  • UNESCO chief to visit Vietnam


    Talk Vietnam — Authority Authority: 456
    (VOV) – UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova will visit Vietnam from June 19-23 to attend the 10th celebration of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage in Quang Nam province. Irina Bokova will hold talks with Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Thanh Son, Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission ...
    6 days ago

  • Diplomatic activities are busy in June


    Talk Vietnam — Authority Authority: 456
    (VOVworld)- President Truong Tan Sang will pay a state visit to China from June 19 to 21 at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The spokesperson for the Vietnam Foreign Ministry Luong Thanh Nghi on Thursday said that this will be the first state visit by Truong Tan Sang as Vietnamese President and ...
    6 days ago

  • Meeting prep: Chengdu International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage


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    Chengdu International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage 14-16 June 2013 (Chengdu, China) Organized by UNESCO, this high-level conference will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of UNESCO’s Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. It is considered to be a strategic ...
    6 days ago

  • Resource: The Indigenous World 2013


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    The Indigenous World 2013 Cæcilie Mikkelsen (ed.) International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), May 2013 | ISBN: 978-87-92786-33-3 This yearbook contains a comprehensive update on the current situation of indigenous peoples and their human rights, and provides an overview of the most important ...
    6 days ago

  • UNESCO Reports Damage To Timbuktu Worse Than Previously Reported


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    Filed under: Arts and Culture , History , Learning , Africa , Mali , News Emilio Labrador A team from UNESCO has visited Timbuktu in Mali to make its first on-the-ground assessment of the damage caused by last years occupation by the Islamist group Ansar Dine (Defenders of Faith). The group took over ...
    1 week ago

  • The Radar: Travel Lately


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    The Radar – the best of the travel blogosphere – is a regular feature on Intelligent Travel every Wednesday. You can play, too . Follow us on Twitter  @NatGeoTraveler  and tag your favorite travel stories  #NGTRadar  to help us find the  crème de la crème  on the Web. Here’s this week’s: ...
    1 week ago

  • Christ’s Head on a Wall, Atotonilco, Mexico


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    As we were walking out of the village of Atotonilco, near San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, we saw this head of Christ. It seemed to have been carved from a tree root and stuck upon a wall which separated an orchard from the road into the village. The church in the village, The Sanctuary of [...] The post Christ’s ...
    1 week ago

  • MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ – A la UNESCO (Edigsa)


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    1 week ago

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