From June 1st to the 4th, IIIF Conference held its 2026 edition: the event is intended for a wide range of participants and interested parties, including digital image repository managers, content curators, software developers, scholars, and administrators at libraries, museums, … Continue reading
Cultural heritage is increasingly recognized not only as a societal value but also as a driver of innovation, sustainable development, and economic opportunity. The upcoming MetaHeritage Webinar 6, titled “Heritage Innovation and Investment: Connecting Culture and Capital”, will explore exactly … Continue reading
Topic: cultural tourism
The EU-funded IMPACTOUR project is connecting Cultural Tourism stakeholders and researchers, envisaging new approaches and methods that will support European Cultural Tourism, reinforce a feeling of belonging, value minority cultures and promote Europeanisation. IMPACTOUR is coordinated by Uninova – Instituto … Continue reading
text and images courtesy of Elena Correa Jiménez (University of Granada). On the 29th and 30th of January 2022, the “Escuela de Balates” (dry-stone balates school) took place in the municipality of Jérez del Marquesado, Granada. More than 70 people … Continue reading
NEW DATES: The international conference EuroMed 2022 will be held in Cyprus from the 7th to 11th November 2022. View the agenda for EUROMED: https://euromed2022.eu/e-agenta/ The event, announced by the newly established UNESCO and European Research Area (ERA) Chairs on … Continue reading
The CREATOUR Observatory – Observatory on culture and tourism for local development is an initiative coordinated by the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra. It focuses on 3 thematic fields: 1) Ecologies of Culture and Creativity; 2) … Continue reading
Cultural mapping as a methodology and paradigm holds tremendous power to create conditions for change by bringing communities together in new ways to co-create new knowledge and understanding. At its core, cultural mapping aims to make visible the ways that … Continue reading
Cultural tourism is about managing cultural heritage and tourism in an integrated way. It’s about working with local communities to create benefits for everyone involved, and this helps preserve tangible and intangible cultural heritage while developing tourism. It is a … Continue reading
Tourer.it is based on an interactive map of the Emilia-Romagna region, which localizes precisely architectural heritage and landscapes in the area, offering significant information on the sites that have been searched and pinpointed on the map. Thanks to the collaboration … Continue reading
In March 2022, on the occasion of the next Mediterranean Tourism Exchange that is the most important b2b fair about tourism in the Mediterranean, a new digital resource will be presented to promote the area of Vesuvius and to facilitate … Continue reading
The 2022 Winter School of the UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites, is dedicated to investigating how ICTs designed to enhance the … Continue reading
The master degree Progettazione e Gestione dei Sistemi Turistici Mediterranei is offered at the Fondazione Campus Lucca, a foundation participated by the Universities of Pisa, Pavia and Italian Switzerland, focused on planning and management of mediterranian tourism systems. The master … Continue reading
