Preserving World Heritage Sites: History, Importance, Advantages, and Adverse Impacts

This essay discusses the history and background of world heritage sites, the importance of preserving them, and their social, economical, and cultural advantages. It also explores the adverse impacts of tourism on these sites and provides recommendations for reducing negative impacts and protecting them.

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Introduction .....................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
History and background of the world heritage sites. ..................................................................3
Importance of preserving the historical sites...............................................................................4
Social. economical and culture advantages of preserving the historical sites...................5
The adverse impacts of the World Heritage Sites and relate it to the tourism industry..............5
Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

Introduction
The world heritage sites are refers to the places which are build by the person or are natural and
consider as the specially important( Perry, 2019.). Basically it indicates the destination which is
renowned as the special by the UNNESCO and it is need to be protected on the international
level. The heritage sites are having historical background. The aim of the essay is to determine
the history and background of world heritage sites along with their different process.
Furthermore, the study will make research on importance of persevering the historical sites.
Apart from that it will shade a light on the adverse impact o of world heritage sites in effective
as well as efficient manner. Along with that the report will deliver the recommendation points
winch deliver assistance in reducing the negative impact of tourism on the historical sites.
MAIN BODY
History and background of the world heritage sites.
The idea of declaring the special places as the world heritage sites is launched after the world
war second. In the 1959 the Ramses II temple which it is located at Abu Simmel was
destructed and threaten in order to build a new high Dam art Aswan in the year of 1960s. At that
time the UNESCO shows the concern to protect the sites which are ancient and are beings to the
ancestors. The aim of considering some places or destination of world as the heritage sites is to
deliver the protection to the culture, values and tradition(Buckley 2018). The idea of announcing
the old heritages site is to keep protecting the priceless legacy of the ancestors. On the 16
November 1972 the concern is shown by the UNESCO for the culture and natural heritages. The
sites are confided as superior, worldwide valuable. The selection criteria of the world heritages
sites is based on the nomination. The countries submit the nomination of the destination which
is located in the boundaries. The countries provide the tentative list f the location or the
destination which supposed to be protected. after all the nomination proposal is evaluated by the
two different advisory body. In the next step after the evaluation the world heritage committee
form the final decision on the basis of inspection and proceed for the final inspection. The
selection criteria of world heritage site is mentioned as follows:
 to represent a masterpiece of human creativeness mastermind
 evaluate the uniqueness of the monument which include the tradition and culture
associated with the destination and monument.

 Exhibition of the time span in manufacturing and utilization of architecture, technology
and arts etc.
 illustrational of the outstanding and the history behind the manufacturing or
development.
 The world heritage site committee consider the value, belief and tradition that is
important for the universal.
The objective of declaring as the world heritage site is to increase earnestness among the public
about the values, importance of conservation of the sites( De Simone, Canale, and Di Maio,
2019). The UNNESCO and public declared some monuments or the destination as the 7
wonders of the worlds which are mentioned as follows:
 Christ the Redeemer
 Machu Picchu
 Petra
 Taj Mahal
 the colosseum in Rome
 the great wall of china
 Chichen Itza
Importance of preserving the historical sites
It is essential to preserve some historical sites in effective as well as efficient manner because
they are the basic witness of the ancient history, culture and the social values. The heritage or
the historical sited indicate the time and the culture of nation or the world which is followed by
the ancestor. It increases the awareness about the culture among the youngster and inspire them
in effective as well as efficient manner ( Ferraby and Powlesland, 2019). With the assistance of
the reservation of the historical building the individual person or the communicate will remain
connect and interlinked with each other. Apart from that it educate the people about the past and
worked as the evidences of the past. The destruction of the beautiful historical building leads to
the damage to the natural resources and increase the wastage on the planner. Sometimes it
increases the air, water, and land pollution as some demolished elements are not recyclable. It
inspires the people to conserve the resources which are man made or natural for the future
generation and prepare for the forthcoming challenges in which the resources will be limited for

the conservation. Basically it is sources of information for the huge research on the past
monuments.
Social. economical and culture advantages of preserving the
historical sites
culture advantages: through the preservation of the site the world will be inspired and people
will be encouraged for following the unique culture in adequate manner and attract large
numbers of the customers in effective as well as efficient manner ( Kim, and Lee, 2018.).
Furthermore, it attracts the large numbers of the people toward the historical site and built the
communication between the peoples.
Social: with the assistance of the preservation the countries increase the capability of the
individual person in making the contribution in increase the identity of the place and
recognisances all over the world. It encourages the people to secure and increase. the natural
resources for the future or forthcoming survival. It keeps increasing and maintaining the
spiritual values among the people( Larsen, and Logan 2018) .
Economical: with the help of prevention of the heritage sites the countries are able to attract the
large numbers old the tourist toward the place and increase the tourism industry. As the industry
will increaser then the profitability of the country will increase. It provides employment to the
people and enhance the gross domestic production of the country. Basically the people are able
to contribute in the economic development of nation.
The adverse impacts of the World Heritage Sites and relate it to the tourism industry
Apart from the positive impact of the world heritage site it is also having some negative impact
which is regarding the tourism industry. The heritage sites required proper management of the
resources as well as people without the proper management the tourism leads to
misunderstanding among the people associated with the culture and heritage place. The
development of the heritage sites leads to the utilization of the natural resources and increase the
deputation of the natural resources ( Mays and et.al., 2018.) . The heritage sites encourage the
large numbers of the tourism to visit the nation due to which the pollution increases in the
country rapidly and affect the lives of the people and other living organism. On the historical
places or in the city the visitor leave the huge amount of carbon footprints in the nation which is
not healthy for the nature and surrounding. Some time the tourism or the visitors bring the

neagtive distraction in the city. Due to that the local people face the displacement and issues of
traffic jam as the large numbers of the people visit to see the beauty and culture of heritage
property. In context to that the prices of the product and services also increase as the
consumption of the resources increase in domestic as well as international marketplace. Many of
the people who visited form different boundaries distract or disturb the natural areas in unethical
manner. In order to that the authority should take major steps for the protection from the tourism
or the tourist visited the country. The authority of the nation should impose the rules and
regulation on the utilization of the resources and put a limit on the consumption due to which
the depletion of the resources will be lower than before. Apart from that the authority should
collect fund form the visors to protect the natural area or places in effective as well as efficient
manner( VanBlarcom and Kayahan, 2011). The authority need to ban the utilization of the
carbon footprint and plastic for saving the lives of the living things and maintain the beauty of
nation. The people should use the resources which are natural, recyclable, reusable or reducible.
For the reduction if the pollution the authority should impose the rules on the transportation and
utilized the electric vehicle by the travellers.
Conclusion
From the above report it will be concluded that the modern society should preserve the heritage
palaces in adequate manner and maintain the culture of the world for increasing the values
among the people and develop knowledge of the people. The report indicates that with the
preservation of the heritage place or site the authority can generate revenue and increase the
awareness among the people about the historical thing. With the evidences of the natural
resources the authority can encourage the people for saving the resources for the future
generation and able to deal with the various challenges in adequate manner. With the assistance
of world heritage site it is easy to maintain the identity and social standard in the domestic as
well as international marketplace.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
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Travel Research, 57(5), pp.563-578.
De Simone, E., Canale, R.R. and Di Maio, A., 2019. Do UNESCO World Heritage Sites
influence international tourist arrivals? Evidence from Italian provincial data. Social
Indicators Research, 146(1), pp.345-359.
Ferraby, R. and Powlesland, D., 2019. Heritage and landscape change: Recording, archiving
and engaging with photogrammetry on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage
Site. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 130(3-4), pp.483-492.
Kim, H., Oh, C.O., Lee, S. and Lee, S., 2018. Assessing the economic values of World Heritage
Sites and the effects of perceived authenticity on their values. International Journal of
Tourism Research, 20(1), pp.126-136.
Larsen, P.B. and Logan, W., 2018. World Heritage and Sustainable Developement. New
Directions in World Heritage Management; Routledge: London, UK.
Mays, S, and et.al., 2018. Lives before and after Stonehenge: An osteobiographical study of
four prehistoric burials recently excavated from the Stonehenge World Heritage
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Perry, J., 2019. Climate change adaptation in natural world heritage sites: A triage
approach. Climate, 7(9), p.105.
VanBlarcom, B.L. and Kayahan, C., 2011. Assessing the economic impact of a UNESCO
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