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Question
What is the role of World Heritage Sites in promoting tourism in any country?
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Solution
World Heritage Sites are a glimpse of the past greatness of any place. They are symbols of the architecture, the lives, and the glory of a bygone era in different periods of history. Each one of these sites is magnificent and narrates a story of man’s rich and majestic past. People around the world are keen to relive those moments of the past by visiting them. Hence, they play a huge role in developing the tourism of any country.
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Pair up with your partner and answer the following question.
Do you like to travel?
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Have you heard about UNESCO?
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What does UNESCO stand for?
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What is meant by Heritage?
Do you know the difference between
(a) World Heritage
(b) Cultural Heritage
Heritage Sites - Rank these with your partner. Put the best at the top.
Great Barrier Reef
Mount Fuji
Grand Canyon
The Pyramids
Panda Sanctuaries
Machu Picchu
Vatican City
Great Wall of China
Your teacher will explain the ‘Heritage Cycle’.
By understanding (cultural heritage) people value it.
By valuing it people want to care for it.
By caring for it, it will help people enjoy it. From enjoying it, comes a thirst to understand. By understanding it____________
With the help of your partner complete the information in the table.
| Tourist spot | Favourite | Why? |
| Park | ||
| Mountain | ||
| Beach | ||
| Sea | ||
| Forest | ||
| Countryside/Rural site |
What do heritage sites in the world include?
What kind of sites are protected and maintained by the International World Heritage Programme?
How many world Heritage sites were there around the world?
What is the role of World Heritage Committees?
Why should we preserve the World Heritage Sites?
Complete the following.
| Year | Establishment | Role |
| 1954 | ____________ | ____________ |
| 1959 | ____________ | ____________ |
| 1965 | ____________ | ____________ |
| 1968 | ____________ | ___________ |
| 1972 | ____________ | ____________ |
Complete the following by giving reasons why World Heritage Sites are in danger.
The famous dam situated in Egypt on River Nile is ____________.
The conference based on Human Environment was held at ____________.
The highest number of World Heritage Sites are located in ____________.
____________ can delete/exclude a site from World Heritage list.
Complete the following information from the text.
| Tasks | Activities to |
| Preservation of any historical site → (Duties) | |
| Preserving World Heritage sites → (Reasons) | |
| Promoting tourism → (Role) |
World Heritage Sites - Make a poster about World Heritage Sites, specifying some details and specialties about each of them.
I can talk about the world:-
Form groups of 6 to 8 students. Each group should select any one Continent and share the following information about each.
- Important cities
- Sight-seeing places of tourist interest
- Food speciality-cuisine
- Wild life
- Different types of region and vegetation.
- Human life
Now each group representative from the previously formed groups, should narrate the information to the class, using proper attractive sentences.
The Role of World Heritage Committee is
Complete the following Web by giving reasons why World Heritage Sites are in danger.
Why should we preserve the World Heritage Sites?
Read the following duties towards preservation of any historical site and make sentences about each of our duties.
- Obey rules and regulations-Visitors must obey the rules and regulations, displayed at the Entrance
- Maintain discipline and order
- Maintain cleanliness
- Use dustbins and garbage bags
- Observe silence
- Maintain environmental safety
- Protect our country’s history/heritage.
Match the pairs to define different roles of the World Heritage Sites.
| A | B | ||
| 1 | Identify cultural and natural sites | a | green, local based, stable, and decent jobs |
| 2 | Identify sites of | b | of outstanding universal value across countries |
| 3. | Identify sites that represent | c | preserve outstanding sites and natural resources |
| 4. | UNESCO seeks to | d | tourism |
| 5. | World Heritage Sites should have | e | an asset for economic development and investment |
| 6 | World Heritage Sites should | f | protect these sites |
| 7. | World Heritage Sites serve as | g | best examples of world’s cultural and/or natural heritage |
| 8. | World Heritage Sites should ensure | h | special importance for everyone |
| 9 | It should at large develop | i | relevant development plan policies |
Do you know the difference between World heritage and Cultural heritage?
B1. Read the following passage and do the activities:
- International World Heritage Program is administered by ______.
- UNESCO
- WHO
- WHC
- UN
- World Heritage Sites are significant ______.
- Naturally and culturally
- Naturally and traditionally
- Naturally and literary
- None of these
- Which site played a role in historical Chinese art and literature?
- Aswan High Dam
- Mount Huangshan
- Abu Simbel Temple
- Egyptian artefacts
- UNESCO launched an international campaign in ______.
- 1950
- 1959
- 1958
- 1957
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A World Heritage Site is a site determined by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to have significant cultural or natural importance to humanity. As such, the sites are protected and maintained by the International World Heritage Programme which is administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, because World Heritage Sites are places that are significant culturally and naturally, they vary in type but include forests, lakes, monuments, buildings and cities. World Heritage Sites can also be a combination of both cultural and natural areas. For example, Mount Huangshan in China is a site with significance to human culture because it played a role in historical Chinese art and literature. The mountain is also significant because of its physical landscape characteristics. HISTORY OF WORLD HERITAGE SITES Although the idea of protecting cultural and natural heritage sites around the world began in the early twentieth century, momentum for its actual creation was not started until the 1950s. In 1954, Egypt started plans to build the Aswan High Dam to collect and control water from the Nile River. The initial plan for the dam's construction would have flooded the valley containing the Abu Simbel Temples and scores of ancient Egyptian artefacts. To protect the temples and artefacts, UNESCO launched an international campaign in 1959 that called for the dismantling and movement of the temples to higher ground. The project cost an estimated US $80 million, $40 million of which came from 50 different countries. |
B2. Briefly describe the international campaign launched by UNESCO in 1959.
B3. Make sentences using the following phrases.
- Play a role
- Scores of
B4. Rewrite the following sentences using 'not only' and 'but also'.
- World Heritage Sites can also be a combination of both cultural and natural areas.
- Egypt started plans to build the Aswan High Dam to collect and control water from the Nile River.
B5. How do you think can an individual conserve and protect a World Heritage Site?
