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, Armenia) and Ketevan Gurchiani (Georgia), moderated by Michele McKenzie (international Tourism expert, Canada)
Chaired by Halle M. Butvin (Smithsonian Folklife Institute, ICH NGO Forum)
- 2 September 2.30 pm to 4 p.m. CEST
Dialogue on the ICOMOS Cultural Heritage Tourism Charter
With Dr. Ivan Henares, President of ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee (ICTC),
Chaired by Ananya Bhattacharya, active in both the ICH NGO Forum and ICTC proceedings
- 5 November 2.30 pm to 4 p.m. CET
Dialogue with Prof. dr. Noël Salazar (link)
reflecting on 21st century key evolutions, challenges and responsive approaches to ICH and tourism
Chaired by Jorijn Neyrinck, active in both the ICH NGO Forum and the Living Heritage Journeys project
Know more about the ICH Tourism dialogues?
This series of online dialogues take place in the frame of the ICH NGO Forum’s web dossier on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism.
Through open conversations, we look to expand the scope of our understanding of the relationship between ICH and tourism.
In the dialogues, we bring together experts and stakeholders with diverse backgrounds and different perspectives: scholars and ICH practitioners along with people from NGOs, tourism agencies and the tourism industry representing localities, regions and national governments,
The aim of ICH Tourism Dialogues is to share the experiences of diverse types of institutions and key actors in the field that have developed successful and sometimes not-so-successful projects for promoting tourism related to cultural traditions and practices. The conversations aim to further enrich and develop the web dossier for its multiple users, and contribute to the ongoing exercise on what to do when ICH and tourism meet.
