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
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Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Assessment of Vulnerability of World Cultural and Natural Heritage Properties to Disasters and Climate Change

The organizers received 54 applications from 29 countries (23 were Asia-Pacific countries, and 6 were from Europe, Africa, Latin America). And 25 participants were finally selected by the joint committee composed of experts from the main organizers of the workshop.
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Beijing Appeal

On 11 Dec., 2009, the Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Assessment of Vulnerability of World Cultural and Natural Heritage Properties to Disasters and Climate Change successfully concluded, with the adoption of Beijing Appeal:
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Regional Capacity Building Workshop on Assessment of Vulnerability of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage Properties to Disasters and Climate Change Opened in Beijing

The Regional Capacity Building Workshop on Assessment of Vulnerability of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage Properties to Disasters and Climate Change, opened at Tan Siu Lin Centre, Peking University, at 6 December, 2009. 25 participants from 20 Aisa-Pacific countries, including specialists, national officials,
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Dr. Zhao Feng of MSRA visits WHITRAP Suzhou Centre

Executive Vice President of Microsoft Research Asia, Dr. Zhao Feng and Manager of College Relations Mr. Ma Xin visited WHITRAP Suzhou Centre. The two experts inspected the Lingering Garden and Lion Grove, World Cultural Heritage properties
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Advanced Course in World Heritage Conservation and Management Opened in Beijing

The opening ceremony of the Advanced Course in World Heritage Conservation and Management was held in Beijing, on 15 October. This Advanced Course was the first education programme at WHITRAP. Mr. Zhang Xinsheng, former deputy minister of Ministry of Education, Dr. Bernd von Droste,
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Advancing Sustainable Tourism at Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites:

“Advancing Sustainable Tourism at Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites: A Workshop” was successfully held in Dunhuang, one of the World Heritage sites in China, from 26 to 29 September, 2009. Sixty-seven experts from 24 countries discussed upon the themes of
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The 6th International World Heritage Summer Camp

In order to share and promote World Heritage education for youth as well as the traditional cultural, moreover discussing the content, textbook, function issues of the World Heritage education, the 6th World Heritage meeting and summer camp for youth was held by WHITRAP Suzhou Center
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Curtis Wong: An Information Architecture for Compelling Learning Environments

Dr. Curtis Wong from Microsoft lectured on “ECR- An Information Architecture for compelling learning environments” at School of Archaeology and Museology at Peking University. Dr. Wong, together with the Microsoft team, visited WHITRAP
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World Heritage Committee's 33rd Session Concludes

The World Heritage Committee's 33rd session has inscribed two new natural sites and 11 cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Since it also withdrew one site from the List, the List now numbers a total of 890 properties.
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