UNESCO recently announced new additions to its list of World Heritage Sites. From a white sand cliff in Denmark to a coastal region in West Africa, the list includes stunning and important ...

Washington, DC, 14 August 2023 – What’s on your travel bucket list? So many options – but odds are UNESCO has a list of many of these places. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

The Enhancing Our Heritage Toolkit 2.0 (EoH 2.0) provides a globally tested self-assessment methodology to support World Heritage managers and actors to evaluate management effectiveness in a World ...

UNESCO has added 42 World Heritage Sites to its list of the planet’s natural and cultural sights worth special protection — the biggest group of new entries in more than two decades. The European ...

The 45th session of the World Heritage Committee concluded on Monday 25 September in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This year, the Committee inscribed 42 new sites and approved the extension of 5 sites on ...

The inscription of new UNESCO World Heritage Sites is always a momentous occasion—especially for travelers who plan trips to experience the rich culture and natural beauty of these special places ...

Jessica Beaudette received dissertation funding from the American Association of University Women and Arizona State University for field research in Botswana. Botswana’s fertile Okavango Delta is one ...

Germany's Neuschwanstein Castle, which famously served as Walt Disney's inspiration for Sleeping Beauty's palace, is one of several new additions to UNESCO's prestigious World Heritage List. The list, ...

Locations deemed World Heritage sites are of "outstanding universal value to humanity" and should be "protected for future generations to appreciate and enjoy," according to Unesco. The organization ...

India’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites are often reduced to a familiar checklist. Yet beyond the famous mausoleums and ...