CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TOURISM SUPPLY

The course provides participants with theoretical instruments and case studies to understand and evaluate the relationship between management systems of cultural properties and the development of tourism systems.

An understanding of the main management systems of high-profile cultural properties with reference to tourism

None, although familiarity with some general notions of management would be useful

The course focuses upon the management of world heritage properties.
In particular:
(a) what is meant by "Management Plan" of a property on the WHL
(b) what the fundamental elements of a management plan are
(c) what general principles a management plan is to respect
(d) the relevance of formalised and informal aspects of property management
(e) the role of local communities, in the elaboration and implementation of a management plan
(f) the role of tourism with respect to the management of world heritage sites
(g) the defining elements of intangible heritage
(h) how intangible heritage is defined and managed in international conventions
(i) the relationship between cultural heritage, tourism and sustainability
(j) examples

The Routledge Companion to Intangible Cultural Heritage, edited by Michelle Stefano and Peter Davis, Abingdon, Routledge, 2017.
World Heritage ans Sustainable Development. New Directions in World Heritage Management, edited by Peter Bille Larsen and William Logan, Abingdon, Routledge 2018
Managing Cultural Heritage, UNESCO, 2013
Managing Natural Heritage, UNESCO, 2012
World Heritage. Sharing Best Practices, UNESCO Publications no 67, 2013
IMPACT: The Effects of Tourism on Culture and the Environment in Asia and the Pacific, 2008

The test consists in the writing of a short essay - and discussion thereof - un a theme to be agreed with the teacher.
The short essay should address the management of a world heritage site with reference to its touristic relevance.

More or less standard lessons (general features and specific case-studies)
Workshops and group works on specific topics
Presentations by students

Italian

The following materials shall be made available at the start of the course
- lecture slides (at the end of each week)
- official documents (conventions, governmental acts, etc.)
- academic papers
- UNESCO Handbooks

written and oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "International cooperation" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development