Our Heritage Tourism page editor, Lucy Matthews, visited Cuba recently with an eye to types of tourism that work well, and a concern about types that may not. Continue reading
Cuban Tourism at a Crossroads
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America’s Unheralded Gift to Tourism Will Soon Turn 50
In 2016, the poorly known U.S. law that did wonders for heritage tourism will be 50. It’s time to demonstrate the value of the National Historic Preservation Act. The Preservation 50 initiative intends to do something about it. Continue reading
D-Day Tourism in Normandy: It Works
Every year tourists flock to these beaches by the millions, but not for sun and sand. When it comes to impact on the destination, that makes a big difference. Continue reading
Challenging Hit-and-Run Tourism in Cultural Heritage Sites
Cultural Heritage sites facing Hit-and-Run Tourism need to elaborate targeted strategies in order to balance tourism and heritage conservation, to define limits or find solutions in order to protect natural and cultural heritage and to mitigate negative impacts. In a … Continue reading
9 Tough Lessons from SE Europe
Managing tourists at popular World Heritage sites has long been a focus for Englebert Ruoss, who formerly headed up the UNESCO office in Venice and has now launched a sustainable-destinations initiative called Global Regions. Its new 164-pp publication is SUSTAINABLE … Continue reading
Philanthropic Investing
Philanthropic investing: How to have your cake and give some of it away, too—all in the name of geotourism. Continue reading