Sustainability in the Management of World Cultural Heritage

Abstract

In tourism, objects with cultural significance are usually among key tourism attractions, including the ones listed under the World Heritage List. Being designated as a World Heritage Site (WHS) for monuments, areas, or natural landscapes, is a privilege because the international visibility of the site as a tourism attraction will likely increase through the promotional and informational activities conducted by the government, tourism industry players and the World Heritage Committee (Drost 1996; Li, Wu and Cai 2008). Timothy and Nyaupane (2009) pointed out that visits to cultural and historical resources have become one of the largest and fastest growing sectors of the tourism industry.