The UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme represents a new approach based on dialogue and stakeholder cooperation where planning for tourism and heritage management is integrated at a destination level, the natural and cultural assets are valued and protected, and appropriate tourism developed.

The UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme represents a new approach based on dialogue and stakeholder cooperation where planning for tourism and heritage management is integrated at a destination level, the natural and cultural assets are valued and protected, and appropriate tourism developed.

Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development, unsustainable tourism practices, neglect, natural calamities, pollution, political instability, and conflict.

The Programme will focus on early intervention and feature partnerships between the public, private and voluntary sectors for effective planning, action and impact on World Heritage conservation.The WH+ST Programme represents a cross-cutting effort in the implementation of the World Heritage Convention and is relevant to all World Heritage prope...

UN Tourism is the United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism

In February 2021, UN Tourism launched the UN Tourism Inclusive Recovery Guide - Sociocultural Impacts of COVID-19, Issue II: Cultural Tourism. UN Tourism invited UNESCO to contribute to this second set of guidelines relating to the sociocultural impacts of COVID-19.

In this new analysis, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) highlight the growing climate risks to World Heritage sites and recommend a clear and achievable response.

5 days ago · Support for entrepreneurship and sustainable cultural tourism in the Caribbean are strategic lines of action of the UNESCO Transcultura programme, funded by the European Union. The initiative supports the integration of the cultural and creative Industries with tourism, generating opportunities for artists and culture professionals, and promoting sustainable tourism rooted in local identity ...

Mar 28, 2012 · The Programme seeks to link up national and local authorities, site practitioners, tourism sector, and local communities to integrate a sustainable tourism perspective into the mechanisms of the World Heritage Convention.

Aug 5, 2023 · Locations deemed World Heritage sites are of "outstanding universal value to humanity" and should be "protected for future generations to appreciate and enjoy," according to Unesco.