BOTM Ch. 23 - The Management of Heritage and Cultural Tourism

August 2008

2008-08-12T20:40:00.004+01:00

Heritage advisory panel set up for George Town.

Maryland doles out $3.1M in heritage tourism grants.

Ski New Mexico announces opening of Ski Museum.

Conservation of Bangladeshi heritage sites for development of tourism.

July 2008

2008-07-09T22:54:00.005+01:00

Biltmore Hotel tour gives glimpse of history.

Malaysians fear heritage nod will create 'glorified theme parks'.

Preserving the great houses of Jamaica.

Dozens of new World Heritage Sites named.

Edinburgh risks losing status as world heritage site.

Ambitious restoration plan for Scott's hut.

June 2008

2008-06-13T21:08:00.004+01:00

Fears for stately home's conservatory after Lottery cash bid fails.

SS Robin sets off for £2m refit.

Smithsonian makes changes at troubled business unit.

Creating a cultural oasis in Abu Dhabi.

May08

2008-05-20T21:19:00.010+01:00

Kiwi culture and history keeping visitor numbers afloat.

'Armenia's Stonehenge' opens as tourist site.

Welsh 'maximise' cultural tourism call.

EU to give 50 mil euros for restoration of cultural sites in Balkans.

Global growth in cultural tourism.

New body to champion Glasgow architecture to be ‘preserved’.

Cutting through Northern Ireland's history to boost tourism.

Historic house project needs £4m.

Imperial War Museum Duxford goes for gold.

Apr08

2008-04-13T22:37:00.004+01:00

Museum opens at historic Chatham Dockyard.

Gormley urges care of Irish heritage properties.

Jamaica launches Spanish Heritage Trail.

Mar08

2008-03-14T21:06:00.001Z

Bales teams up with English Heritage.

Feb08

2008-02-10T20:51:00.002Z

$60 million restoration work for Jamaica's Devon House.

Should Edinburgh's Caltongate protesters take their case to Unesco?

Saint John seeks recognition as a 'cultural capital'.

Jan08

2008-01-08T21:57:00.001Z

Vienna's opera houses, theatres boost Austrian economy.

Liverpool booking boom as tourists flock to soak up some culture.

Ringo rocks city's culture weekend.

Culture focus in £250,000 English domestic tourism push.

Welsh aqueduct’s world heritage bid.

Museum reopens to show town's Aboriginal history, culture.

Township tourism allows foreigners to see legacy of South African apartheid.

Former Chinese industrial areas to become cultural heritage.

Tibet government to restore damaged "revolutionary" tourist sites.

Dec07

2007-12-02T17:34:00.001Z

Liverpool's stage set for surge in cultural tourism.

Nigeria: Repositioning museums for tourism.

Karnataka to blend tourism and culture.,/li>

Cultural tourism product grows in Cuba.

China 'red tourism' boom said to be good for economy.

Capital investment – tourism staff offered training ahead of culture year.

Tourism boom at Cambodia's 'Killing Fields'.

Cultural tourism product grows in Cuba.

Belize has joined the World Heritage Alliance.

Nov07

2007-11-19T19:22:00.000Z

Congress and cultural tourism – a priority in Bulgaria for next year.

Rwanda to sell cultural tourism.

Oct07

2007-10-23T21:18:00.001+01:00

Dominican Republic to restore colonial era attractions.

Bahamian Government “committed to heritage tourism”.

Jeddah to be site of massive cultural village.

New attraction on Belfast's terror tours as jail opens doors.

Poland's showcase of communism becomes offbeat tourist draw.

Sep07

2007-09-10T17:10:00.001+01:00

UNESCO warns hotel to conform or lose heritage site recognition.

Gozo scheme boosts cultural attractions.

Historic renovation: a new trend in Cuban tourism.

Mark Twain Home benefits from grants.

Aug07

2007-09-01T21:42:00.000+01:00

The making of a Unesco World Heritage site.

Colditz seeks to tempt tourists.

Jul07

2007-07-01T14:18:00.000+01:00

Yemen's hidden jewel: cultural tourism.

Vancouver's Storeyum - the dream that crashed.

Malawi could benefit from its cultural heritage.

Pennsylvania effort to highlight slavery history.

Steam railway's £2m flood damage.

Macao to launch cultural performances to promote tourism.

Historic hospital and accommodation buildings opened in Sydney with a new tourism experience.

Louisiana focusing attention on cultural tourism.

Plans to revive Mombasa Cultural Festival.

UNESCO announces changes to World Heritage lists.

Jun07

2007-06-09T14:21:00.000+01:00

Sydney Opera House now listed as World Heritage site.

Jamaican ghetto upholds Marley legacy.

More tourist facilities planned for Troy.

UNESCO meets to decide heritage sites.

Vancouver artists court tourist dollars.

Egypt still says no Jewish museum.

Natural wonders bid for heritage status.

Rasputin's country estate to become part of tourism complex.

MP's fury over Stonehenge funding.

Nuclear base open to tourists in China.

World Monuments Fund issues list of 100 most endangered sites. [interactive map]

Honolulu awaits heritage area status.

Loch Ness heritage bid - local report.

May07

2007-05-05T14:44:00.000+01:00

Loch Ness in World Heritage bid.

Blaze ravages Cutty Sark.

Cyprus wants cultural tourists.

SS Great Britain wins award as Europe's top industrial museum of the year.

Britain 2007: Three aniversaries and lots more.

Apr07

2007-04-12T09:18:00.000+01:00

Abu Dhabi to fund restoration of Fontainebleau.

Punjab to convert ancient Havelis into heritage hotels.

Antigua to develop cultural tourism.

Charles Dickens 'theme park' to open soon.

Indian state plays history, culture card to boost tourism.

Restoration of Iranian citadel needs over $100m.