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	UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites

Buon Natale & Felice Anno Nuovo!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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We wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2021! Photo: Version Autograph VII (Hallein 1860 ca.), "Denkmäler der Musik in Salzburg Band", Vol. 4, p. 17 About: "Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!" - UNESCO Intangible Heritage in Austria Photo Credits: Comes Verlag

New Initiative

Our World Heritage

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The Chair is now part of the Our World Heritage initiative, by contributing to the theme of tourism. With the world in crisis, the very core of the landmark heritage protection treaty is strained. The Our World Heritage initiative supports the renewal and reinforcement of heritage protection.

Current Project

MARKS

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A Wikipedia page dedicated to Karl Schmid has been created within the MARKS Interreg project, to raise awareness about the artist. The page is part of the communication plan the Chair is developing for the project, which aims at building a cultural pole between Switzerland and Italy.

Upcoming Conference

ENTER21

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Team members of the Chair will be contributing to ENTER21 conference (19 – 22 January 2021) with a paper as well as paneling several sessions. ENTER is the global leading conference on eTourism, organized annually by IFITT - International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism.

Current Project

Machu Picchu - Seen through the eyes of Fernando Astete

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Nature photographer Heinz Plenge joined the project and collaborated on the realization of a brand new story concerning his career as a heritage lover and his unique bond with Peru. The story can be found on the machupicc.hu website, which has recently been made available in Spanish.

Current Project

iWareBatik

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The iWareBatik app has recently reached over 1k downloads, media attention from all over the world and was presented during the Lugano Living Lab's 2020 Swiss Digital Days as well as CIDOC-International Council of Museums ICOM 2020 in Geneva. Congratulations to Puspita Ayu Permatasari and team!

Conference Contribution

EUROMED2020

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The Chair widely contributed to EUROMED 2020 on Digital Heritage, which took place online (2-5 Nov): prof. Cantoni was conference co-chair, and a workshop was organized gathering European stakeholders in tourism and heritage to discuss opportunities of digital media for tourism during the pandemic.

Successful PhD Defence

Congratulations Dr. Emanuele Mele!

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Team member, Emanuele Mele, successfully defended his PhD on “Analyzing cultural localization in online tourism promotion" in October! The thesis provides an essential contribution to both tourism theory and practice and sheds light on cross-cultural differences in a globalized online world.

About Us

Giulio Del Giudice

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Giulio is a Master student graduating in Hospitality & Tourism Management at IULM (Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione, Milan, Italy). He started his internship in September and worked on the communication plan for the Interreg project MARKS, which is also the focus of his Master thesis.

	Publications


	Digital transformation, tourism and cultural heritage. A Research Agenda for Heritage Tourism Cantoni, Lorenzo. 2020. "Digital transformation, tourism and cultural heritage." In Maria Gravari-Barbas (ed.), A Research Agenda for Heritage Tourism, 235-251. Elgar Research Agendas, Edward Elgar Publishing.


	Governing Future Challenges in Mediterranean Protected Areas Alfarè, Loredana Teresa, and Engelbert Ruoss. 2020. Governing Future Challenges in Mediterranean Protected Areas. Istituto Nazionale delle Ricerche, DOI: 10.26383


	Communication of Gastronomy on ETC Members’ Official Websites ETC. 2020. Communication of Gastronomy on ETC Members’ Official Websites. Brussels. ISBN 978-92-95107-39-7


	“Old” and “new” media discourses on Chinese Outbound Tourism to Switzerland before and during the COVID-19 outbreak. An exploratory study Hasenzahl, Lea, and Lorenzo Cantoni. 2021. " 'Old' and 'new' media discourses on Chinese Outbound Tourism to Switzerland before and during the COVID-19 outbreak. An exploratory study." In Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2021. Springer. ENTER 2021, January 19–22, 2021.