At the seminar (Photo: VNA)Ninh Binh (VNA) – Experts gathered at seminar inthe northern province of Ninh Binh on October 2 to share experiences on themanagement, conservation and promotion of world heritage sites in Vietnam.
The event, co-organised by the provincial Tourism Departmentand a working delegation from the United Nations Educational, Scientific andCultural Organisation (UNESCO), featured six presentations by foreign expertsand Vietnamese managers of local world heritage sites.
They focused on coordination between member countries and UNESCO,regular inspections and reports, human resources management, and periodicalresearch to put forth suitable improvements in line with UNESCO recommendations.
Nao Hayashi, a specialist from UNESCO’s World HeritageCentre, pointed to an increasing number of tourists as a common issue facingheritage sites.
She said although this benefited local communities in termsof socio-economic growth, it required work to ensure sustainable tourismdevelopment.
Participating experts said heritage managers should focus onboth core and buffer zones and raise residents’ awareness of UNESCO regulationsand guidelines.
An expert from the International Union for the Conservationof Nature said there was a need to study tourists’ expectations of heritagesites, thereby designing suitable plans for tourism product diversity.
Others, meanwhile, stressed it was fine to add new values toheritage sites such as building infrastructure, but all changes must be basedon scientific and archeological research./.
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