Abstract
Abstract. Cultural Heritage sites with poor accessibility preventing tourists visiting, and there are few studies that specifically explore the practical problems and measures faced by poorly accessible world cultural heritage sites in terms of sustainable development. This research suggested a holistic solution that integrates six emerging technology methods and implements them with the case study Hailongtun Tusi, in Guizhou Province, China. This research provides a new idea for promoting sustainable development of world heritage based on 3D digital technology. Due to its simple technology and controllable cost, it also provides a model for other countries faced with similar issues in managing their world cultural heritage sites.
Highlights
The Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on November 16, 1972, and aims to protect the cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value worldwide
The reverse is true, and a vicious circle could appear if fewer tourists visit, which would lead to lower incomes, which in turn would lead to restrictions on economic development, resulting in less investment in heritage protection, use, and publicity, which would in turn limit the visibility of the world cultural heritage, so tourists would remain few in number, and the site would be still further disadvantaged in the increasingly competitive heritage tourism market
Hailongtun is a typical representative of poorly accessible world cultural heritage, as it is located at the top of Longyan Mountain, about 28 kilometers northwest of the old city of Zunyi, in Guizhou Province
Summary
The Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on November 16, 1972, and aims to protect the cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value worldwide. This research proposes a sustainable heritage development approach that integrates multiple digital methods, hoping to confront with flexibility the problems faced by different world heritage sites. A literature review and field investigation, involving interviews with different stakeholders, support the analysis of the main problems faced by the site, especially stakeholders’ lack of awareness of outstanding universal values and the insufficient interpretation and presentation of world cultural heritage. Because of its simple technology and controllable cost, it provides a model for other countries faced with similar problems in managing their world cultural heritage sites.
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