ICH Tourism dialogues

Dialogue on ICH Tourism in World Heritage Sites in ChinaWith Junjie Su – Yunnan Provincial Research Base of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Yunnan University (China)Chaired by Robert Baron (SIEF, ICH NGO Forum) https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86591417723 Dialogue ICH&tourism #9 Meeting-ID: 865 9141 7723 5 November 2026 | 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. CET (Paris Time) Intangible Cultural…

Nationalised Heritagisation Discourse in the Arabian Gulf Region The curation of cultural festivals within heritage sites became an ongoing phenomenon in contemporary heritage management, acting as a crucial interface between local heritage preservation and state-led tourism. This phenomenon, often characterised as a ‘staged heritage’ paradigm, is driven by the need…

Interdisciplinary Conversations on Living Heritage and Tourism Following the avenues opened up for dialogue and collaborations among diverse stakeholders by the web dossier on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism, the ICH NGO Forum Working Group on sustainable ICH Tourism holds a series of conversations looking to expand the scope of our…

In this dialogue, Dr. Ivan Henares, President of the ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee (ICTC), presents and discusses the ICOMOS International Charter for Cultural Heritage Tourism (2022), a key framework promoting responsible tourism grounded in heritage protection, community resilience, and sustainability. The conversation explores how the Charter responds to contemporary…

This dialogue explored how action research can create sustainable tourism that respects living heritage. Ruzanna Tsaturyan and Ketevan Gurchiani shared experiences from their work with the Smithsonian’s My Armenia and Mukhrani Village projects, showing how deep community collaboration can transform tourism into a force for cultural safeguarding and local empowerment.…

Happy to announce a new series online ICH Tourism dialogues: Interdisciplinary Conversations on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Tourism for 2025   SAVE THE DATES for 2025:  21 May  2.30 pm to 4 p.m. CEST Dialogue on action research experiences in tourism and living heritage with Ruzanna Tsaturyan (My Armenia Program,…

Following the new avenues opened up for dialogue and collaborations among diverse stakeholders by the web dossier on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism, the ICH NGO Forum Working Group on sustainable ICH Tourism initiates in 2024 a series of conversations looking to expand the scope of our understanding of the relationship between…