Analysis of Heritage Sites: Preservation, Tourism & UNESCO

This presentation provides an overview of heritage sites, emphasizing their historical and cultural importance. It discusses UNESCO's role in designating and preserving these sites, using San Miguel de Allende as a case study. The presentation further examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism to these sites, highlighting the economic challenges and job losses faced by the tourism industry. It concludes by underscoring the government's responsibility in safeguarding heritage sites and promoting tourism, referencing scholarly articles on related topics. Desklib offers a variety of resources, including past papers and solved assignments, to aid students in their studies.

Understanding of Heritage Sites

Table of contents
• Introduction
• UNESCO on world heritage
• San Miguel de Allende
• Impact of covid-19 pandemic
• Conclusion
• References

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.

UNESCO on world heritage
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. 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.

San Miguel de Allende
The San Miguel de Allende is
considered as most famous heritage site
of Mexico which is known for old
world charm and world's first
amenities. The town is famous for its
nightlife and abundance of various
good restaurants which are famous for
traditional food. Every year many
tourists from all over the world come to
visit San Miguel de Allende to enjoy
food and destinations.

Why UNESCO has chosen this heritage site
The UNESCO has chosen this world heritage site due to its significance and
value for promoting tourism based activities. It is also key role of government
to promote tourism based destinations in order serve tourism industry in a
systematic manner. The information and technology is also a major factor
which can be considered by tourism based organisation in order to develop a
focused approach

Impact of Covid-19 pandemic
Due to impact of COVID-19, there was closing of borders which creates
the problem in travelling form one place to another place. In relation to
this there was also problem during the local travelling. This leads to
many problem and high loss of tourism industry which was not getting
business due to impact of COVID-19. For the safety of tourist travelling
was ban which creating loss in business and due to this also there was
loss of job.

Conclusion
From the above stated PPT, it can be concluded that heritage sites are
considered as most important resource for a country. The analysis
concludes the role of government in preventing heritage and promoting
tourism based activities. This project concludes relevance of Mexico's
San Miguel heritage site in handling large number of tourists.

References
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