Medieval History
The China National Tourism Administration and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage have signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement to jointly enhance cooperation and consultation in the fields of tourism development and the preservation of cultural relics.
Pursuant to the agreement, the two parties will cooperate in six aspects. First, set up a working group to coordinate the country's cultural heritage tourism business and to jointly solve the problems of cultural heritage tourism. Second, conduct joint research and investigation on cultural heritage tourism, with the aim of publishing a "China National Cultural Heritage Development Report" by the end of each five-year plan. Third, jointly hold a "national cultural heritage protection and tourism development working conference to arrange work for the next stage of the project....
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Medieval History
China takes steps to develop cultural heritage tourism
The China National Tourism Administration and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage have signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement to jointly enhance cooperation and consultation in the fields of tourism development and the preservation of cultural relics.
Pursuant to the agreement, the two parties will cooperate in six aspects. First, set up a working group to coordinate the country's cultural heritage tourism business and to jointly solve the problems of cultural heritage tourism. Second, conduct joint research and investigation on cultural heritage tourism, with the aim of publishing a "China National Cultural Heritage Development Report" by the end of each five-year plan. Third, jointly hold a "national cultural heritage protection and tourism development working conference to arrange work for the next stage of the project....
Click here to read the article from Global Times
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Guðjón Arngrímsson, information officer at Icelandair, presented ideas at the Church Convention yesterday on reconstructing the large wooden cathedral which was built at the ancient bishopric Skálholt, south Iceland, in the Middle Ages. The idea is...
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A new internet platform has been launched today to rescue cultural heritage sites on the verge of being irremediably lost, said Global Heritage Fund, a California-based nonprofit organization that focuses on historical preservation. Called Global Heritage...
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