PAST PROJECT
UNESCO and the Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA) are now collaborating to launch a project to train local heritage guides in the World Heritage Site of the Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns in Sukhothai, Si Satchanalai and Kamphaeng Phet.
ONGOING PROJECT
Armed conflict and natural disasters pose a dire threat to cultural heritage throughout the Asia-Pacific region. News stories are becoming all too frequent of priceless cultural treasures being damaged or lost forever and there are currently few measures in place to mitigate the effects of and recover from these dangers – even UNESCO World Heritage sites too often lack these safeguards.
PAST PROJECT
Widely recognized for its effectiveness, during the 31st session of the World Heritage Committee in 2007, the guide programme was lauded as “a best practice example of an initiative aiming at integrating the conservation of World Heritage within the wider sustainable development framework for the benefit of local communities”.