Understanding Heritage Sites and Their Significance in Tourism Industry

Understanding the
world heritage sites

INTRODUCTION
History and culture are two major dimensions of an economy which provide details about
the past. In the history and culture related practices helps a country to discover different
monuments and historical objects. In order to save the historical sites and monuments of United
Kingdom, it is major responsibility of government to focus on various strategies and planning
framework. The monuments are crucial part of history, which play an important role in
development of tourism industry. In this project in depth understanding of heritage sites and
monuments is taken into consideration to better develop its knowledge. This project includes the
example of San Miguel which is a colonial era city in Mexico. The heritage site is situated in
Mexico's central highlands, the site is known for its beautiful arts scene and cultural festivals.
(Khalilnezhad and Kopec,, 2021)

TASK
In the whole world, there are beautiful heritage sites located which attracts large number
of tourists every year. It is important for an government of United Kingdom to save the heritage
sites for development of tourism. Sustainable development and promotion of tourism also a
major task of the government which helps the economy to generate more revenue and
profitability. The status of world heritage site is given by United Nations educational scientific
and cultural organisations. The headquarters of UNESCO are situated in Paris, France and its
current Director General is Audrey Azoulay. The L'anse aux Meadows National Historic Park,
Canada is world first heritage site which attracts thousands of tourists throughout the year.
Heritage sites are major places which hold good status in order to develop maximum utility of a
tourism based approach. Arslantepe Mound in Turkey and As-Salt in Jordan are two latest world
heritage sites which are discovered by UNESCO. Getting status of world heritage site is helpful
in making a particular place more famous for the tourism based organisations. The tourism sector
of United Kingdom is majorly promoted with the existence of world heritage sites. In the recent
times, many places of United Kingdom are demanding to become world heritage for welfare of
tourism industry. (Io, 2019)The practice related to cultural development is promoted by world
heritage cites in a precise manner which helps in making the culture alive. Traditions of various
people and places are also supported with the development of world heritage sites. It is very
much essential for the government of a country to focus on development world heritage sites in
order to protect traditions and culture of the country. In the recent times, government of United
Kingdom is also coming up with major plans and policies to support development of world
heritage sites. The world heritage site status helps a tourism site to get famous all over the world
in a short span of time. Also this status helps in increasing the value of a place in a precise
manner. The tourism sector is majorly dependent upon world heritage sites and it gets special
protection from the government. The special protection from government and UNESCO helps a
heritage site to promote itself all over the world. It is also one of the key role and responsibility
of tourists to maintain cleanliness at the heritage site to develop it is a visiting place. The tourism
based organisations in Mexico also get a good amount of benefit from the tourists who come to
visit the place. It is one of the crucial role of tourism department of government to perform
media advertising all across the globe in order to promote the tourism site. The sustainable
development of tourism site is utmost priority of government of United Kingdom.