By Cari, on February 1st, 2008%
I’m still behind in reading so I just spotted an interesting article from Sunday’s New York Times: Can Darwin’s Lab Survive Success?
During and following this summer’s class in Cultural & Heritage Tourism Development I learned a lot about tourism at World Heritage sites and did my final paper on endangered world heritage. It’s a sad issue that, in my opinion, doesn’t get near the coverage that it should.
Although I’ve never been to Galápagos, it’s always interested me stemming from research I did as an undergrad about the economic situation in Ecuador (archive of an old tripod page that defies all laws . . . → Keep Going: Galápagos
By Cari, on July 22nd, 2007%
Follow up on my previous post on the new seven wonders (linked because I haven’t been able to get the related posts widget to work)
Newest Wonders of the World Prompt More Than Wonder from today’s New York Times is an interesting article.
“We believe there is a risk that these sites will become tourist attractions like Disneyland,” said Sue Williams, a Unesco spokeswoman, adding, “The campaign seemed quite commercially driven and another way to lure in more tourist dollars.”
While I understand the risk that over-development and over-touristing can damage a destination, it’s not as if any of these wonders are new destinations. . . . → Keep Going: NY Times on the New Seven Wonders
By Cari, on July 9th, 2007%
…and I must admit I agree with this backpackers.com post: do we really care?
I think the results are interesting but not particularly surprising. I’ve been to one (Rome) , and while I have an interest in the others, this designation isn’t going to make me any more or less likely to visit. I’m not sure I could rank the others in terms of where I’m more likely to go than others…
I voted for Kiyomizdera in Kyoto because it’s one of my favourite places in Japan, if not the world, but I’m not surprised it didn’t win. Of course I completely forgot . . . → Keep Going: so now we know the new seven wonders…
By Cari, on June 19th, 2007%
It’s scary, but I think I agree with George W. on something. Apparently on a 2002 visit to Berlin he said the following:
“The history of our time is written in the life of Berlin.”
Somewhat frightening that I don’t think I could have said it better myself.
Today in class we had a discussion on what we’d done for the weekend and a discussion popped up on the relevance of The Wall and whether it will matter or not in 200 years. This class is actually an interesting group in that we range in age from 19-37. We have very . . . → Keep Going: Berlin: Thoughts on a United/Divided City
By Cari, on June 14th, 2007%
create your own visited country map
or check our Venice travel guide
I think I’ve travelled a lot, but then I look at that map and am somewhat unimpressed. Far too much grey space.I could cheat and list the two countries I’ll visit before going home, but Europe is so squished that it’s hard to tell.The new class is going well. We had two half days of class followed by tours of the city. Areas I’d seen before but nice to see them again. I think it’s safe to say we had the most fun trying to make the castle . . . → Keep Going: Travel and C&HT
By Cari, on June 6th, 2007%
“We hold in common the belief that it is the obligation of historic sites to assist the public in drawing connections between the history of our site and its contemporary implications. We view stimulating dialogue on pressing social issues and promoting humanitarian and democratic values as a primary function. As a member of the Coalition; this site shares that committment.”
~International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience
Well that sign on the walls of the “Small Fortress in Terezin was to be my only photo from the day, however it’s a devil to make a yellow text on . . . → Keep Going: Terezin
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