In Focus

Sustainable Tourism in the Asia-Pacific

Tourism is one of the largest industries and heritage tourism is its most rapidly growing international sector. With millions of tourists visiting the 890 World Heritage sites each year, tourism has become an important cross cutting issue and management concern. However, local communities, policy makers, and site personnel sometimes……(More)

Upcoming

2010 Advanced Course on Conservation and Restoration Techniques of Traditional Architecture [1-6 Nov. 2010]

Wednesday, 23 June 2010
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Advanced Course in World Heritage Conservation and Management [Sept. 2010]

Thursday, 28 January 2010
WHITRAP has developed the Advanced Course in World Heritage Conservation and Management (WHCM) as one of several systematic education and training programmes in World Heritage. The Advanced Course in WHCM will be launched in the fall of 2010 and is targeted for professionals, decision makers and practitioners working with World Heritage – a mix that will allow for important exchanges of viewpoints and experiences among students.……(More)

News & Event

VSMM 2010: Transdisciplinary Creativity – TransMedia in Art, Science, and Heritage in 21C

Thursday, 17 June 2010
The 16th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM 2010), which is to be held October 20-23, 2010 at the COEX Centre in Seoul, Korea, will bring information technology and multimedia specialists together with leaders……(More)

Sub-regional training workshop on the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting in Asia and the Pacific

Tuesday, 01 June 2010
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in cooperation with Indian National Commission for UNESCO, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and the relevant Field Offices of UNESCO, is organizing a sub-regional training workshop on the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting in Asia and the Pacific……(More)

WHITRAP Steering Committee Meeting held at Peking Univ.

Tuesday, 25 May 2010
On 23rd May, 2009, WHITRAP Steering Committee Meeting was held at the Linhuxuan Salon, Peking University. Mr. ZHANG Xinsheng, Chairman of WHITRAP, former Vice Minister of Education, Mr. FANG Maotian, Secretary-General ……(More)

The Fifth “Cultural Heritage Day”

Wednesday, 19 May 2010
2010 Cultural Heritage Day, which is 12th June, will be five-year old in China. The theme of the Cultural Heritage Day this year is “Cultural Heritage in Our Life.”……(More)

Microsoft Research Asia eHeritage Workshop 2010

Monday, 10 May 2010
Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) initiates eHeritage research theme to facilitate research of applying advanced technology into cultural heritage preservation from 2008. This year, Microsoft Research Asia, in partnership with National Palace Museum……(More)

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