Published in French with the Paris editor L'Harmattan, the “GÉOPOLITIQUE VÉCUE DU TOURISME INTERNATIONAL – Les Nouvelles Routes de la Soie” compares contemporary tourism, which carries huge flows of visitors, but also wealth and ideas, all around the world to the role played historically between East and West by the ancient Silk Roads. A new nomadic society is taking shape, which imposes its cultural patterns to our globalized society.
Traveling through the New Silk Roads means crossing the major disorders of the world today – poverty, migrations, conflicts, terrorism, epidemics, pollution and global warming, reduction of biodiversity – with which tourism is closely interrelated, in most of the cases as a victim, but sometimes also as a contributor.
Francesco Frangially, former Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), makes us explore every corner of our Planet, visit destinations freshly opened and meet with communities isolated until recently. We share his discoveries and experiences, meet with him well-known personalities and understand better the various economic, cultural and political dimensions of modern travel and tourism.
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For the second consecutive year, UNWTO Affiliate Member, TripAdvisor, conducted a specialised consumer survey assessing travel preferences, habits and interests along the Silk Road. Research higlights that top interests while travelling along the Silk Road include visiting UNESCO World Heritage Sites, experiencing local gastronomy and attending local festivals and events.
TripAdvisor Travel Trends for the Silk Road 2017 - download here in English
Тенденции в области туризма на Шелковом пути 2017, Трипадвизор TripAdvisor - download in Russian
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TripAdvisor 2016 Travel Trends for the Silk Road is a specialised report issued by UNWTO Affiliate Member TripAdvisor. Officially launched during the 6th UNWTO Silk Road Task Force Meeting in Iran in 2016, the research is based on a survey of 18,425 travellers from APAC and non-APAC countries. The research was conducted in collaboration with UNWTO.
Among interesting findings, it shows that 8 in 10 travellers have heard of the Silk Road, and that 41% of travellers would be more likely to travel to the Silk Road if they could obtain a single Silk Road visa.
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The Investment Guide to the Silk Road is an integral part of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) work in the Silk Road region, which comprises the States of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the four western Chinese provinces of Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi and Xinjiang. The first edition of the publication was jointly prepared with UNDP China in 2006. The guide was updated and published by UNCTAD in 2009. This 2014 update includes for the first time Turkmenistan.
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ICOMOS thematic studies are a synthesis of current research and knowledge on a specific theme. The aim of this study is to provide an analysis of sites along the Silk Roads that could be used by States Parties participating in the Serial transnational World Heritage nominations of the Silk Roads as a basis for comparative analyses when nominating series of sites.
Additional Information: UNWTO / UNESCO Silk Road Heritage Corridors Tourism Strategy
This thematic study provides valuable background information on the UNWTO/ UNESCO Silk Road Heritage Corridors Tourism Strategy, a groundbreaking project aimed at balancing tourism promotion with heritage management along two heritage corridors crossing five Silk Road countries - China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. For additional information, please visit the project's homepage:
Visa facilitation is central to stimulating growth and job creation through tourism. In spite of the great strides made in recent decades to facilitate tourist travel, there are still important areas of opportunities to improve visa procedures.
The report Tourism Visa Openness Report for the Silk Road Countries presents a global vision of travel facilitation in the world, complemented with a specific analysis of this important issue along the Silk Road.
The report was launched at the 4th UNWTO Silk Road Ministers' Meeting at ITB Berlin.
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A Strategic Approach to Tourism in 10 destinations: Maximising the Potential of the Silk Road is a joint report compiled by UNWTO and the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL). It highlights the findings of 170 final year EHL students who worked together with 10 destinations to devise strategies and ideas on how sustainable tourism could be developed under the Silk Road brand. Please click here to download the document.
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This Roadmap lays the foundation for developing a comprehensive and sustainable Silk Roads Heritage Corridors Tourism Strategy. It focuses on two heritage corridors crossing five countries: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which form the basis of a serial nomination that will be considered for inscription to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2014. The strategy addresses the overarching principles of sustainable growth, community development, heritage management and conservation.
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