World Heritage Site newsletter #15
February
2008
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In the News
The delisting of the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary last year was the forebode
of Unesco getting tough on
preservation issues. Over the past weeks there has been lots of Google Alert ‘noise’
about the status of
Another hot item is the new USA Tentative List. The previous old and
long list has been discarded, and replaced with 14 new sites. A pretty
interesting choice I think, from the Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings to the
And do you know the whereabouts of Mostar’s worldheritage plaque? It is missing:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/180063,problems-arise-over-the-old-bridge-in-mostar.html
Other Lists
People like you and me that devote a whole lot of time and money to the
World Heritage List are actually sufferers from ‘listophilia’
(definition = the condition of having an developed penchant for
and love for lists, the creation of and crossing off of items from same).
A common other list to get addicted to is ‘the list of all countries in
the world’. 193 ‘official’ countries are widely recognized (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries).
Crossing off this list has become too easy for many, so longer lists have been
developed that also include islands / states / dependencies. The two most
prominent of these are http://www.travelerscenturyclub.org/
(317 entities) and http://www.mosttraveledpeople.com
(673 entities).
I’ve been following two of these countrylistophiles
recently via their entertaining blogs http://weecheng.com/ and http://www.leeabbamonte.com/lee/trip-blog/.
Their enthusiasm about having visited another country or island surely matches
my pleasure at visiting World Heritage Sites. What I cannot understand however is
that a one day visit to
But try to visit all 8 World
Heritage Sites in
Recommended sites
Finally, the usual update on reviewed and recommended
WHS. 87% of the sites have now been reviewed on the website. ‘Only’ 110
to go! Still searching for stories about Bisotun
(
Some WHS recently received their first travel notes:
·
Iain Jackson
sprints to the top of the most visited list. He has shared his views on the
Algerian sites Beni Hammad and M'Zab Valley.
·
Panama’s Coiba National Park: ‘The highlight of the day
trip including a two hour session surfing on the west side where I spent the
majority of my time observing the Scarlett Maccaws flying overhead and landing on the beach only feet
away!’
·
Kieran Donoghue gives his advice on whether or
not to visit
That’s it for this edition, Els
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