World Heritage and tourism: Tackling the challenges of the COVID-19 Crisis
11th Seminar of the UNESCO chair “Culture, tourism, development”, in collaboration with UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt international travel and forces the closure of World Heritage sites around the globe. The second wave of infections in the Northern Hemisphere is preventing tourism recovery and UNWTO is expecting an overall 70% decline in international arrivals for 2020. While the release and distribution of vaccines may be imminent, it will be some time before confidence is restored and visitation to World Heritage sites returns to pre-COVID levels. The loss in visitor revenue has been crippling for many heritage sites, which have been forced to make cuts to human resources, research, maintenance and restoration works as a result. This seminar will bring together World Heritage site managers to discuss how they are coping with the uncertainty and strategies striving to remain open and measures they are undertaking to build back stronger and more resilient as the crisis abates.
► Pre-registrations can be done by mail at the following address: Chaire-UNESCO-TOURISME@univ-paris1.fr