Tag: World Heritage Site
Venice: Protest against mass tourism
September 12 (TravelAndy): Hundreds of Venetians took to the city streets with trolleys today in protest against mass tourism, said reports.
The protest was organised by Generation 90, a group of people in their twenties and thirties worried about how the local residents are affected by the millions of tourists who visit the city every year.
With “Ocio ae gambe che go el careo (meaning ‘Watch your legs — I have my trolley’ in the Venetian dialect)” on their lips, the protesters hit the streets of the car-and-two-wheeler-less World Heritage Site city with shopping trolleys and strollers.
Kanchendzonga National Park now world heritage site
July 21 (TravelAndy): Unesco’s World Heritage Committee has named Kanchendzonga National Park in India’s Sikkim state a world heritage site.
This is the first time one of India’s tourist spots have been listed in the Unesco’s “mixed heritage” category. Kanchendzonga National Park or Kanchendzonga Biosphere Reserve has been included as a place exhibiting both cultural and natural importance.
Describing the national park on its site, Unesco says, “Located at the heart of the Himalayan range in northern India (State of Sikkim), the Khangchendzonga National Park includes a unique diversity of plains, valleys, lakes, glaciers and spectacular, snow-capped mountains covered with ancient forests, including the world’s third highest peak, Mount Khangchendzonga. Mythological stories are associated with this mountain and with a great number of natural elements (e.g. caves, rivers, lakes, etc.) that are the object of worship by the indigenous people of Sikkim. The sacred meanings of these stories and practices have been integrated with Buddhist beliefs and constitute the basis for Sikkimese identity.” Continue reading Kanchendzonga National Park now world heritage site