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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 2020! Photo: Nativity of Jesus Christ, chrome lithography of stained glass window, Cathedral of Chartres, France (UNESCO World Heritage Site) Photo Credits: [Public domain]

Register for the Heritage, Tourism & Hospitality Conference!

Conference on Living Heritage & Sustainable Tourism

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The next "Heritage Tourism and Hospitality International Conference" will be held in Mendrisio from April 6 to 8, 2020 and will discuss how to attract tourists while simultaneously engaging stakeholders in contributing to the preservation of heritage. Early bird registration deadline: January 15.

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USI UNESCO Chair Summer School 2020

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The next Summer School “IMAGINE” will take place in Indonesia from August 16 to 23, 2020. It is dedicated to the issue of how ICTs can be applied to preserve and communicate tangible and intangible cultural Indonesian heritage. Application deadline: February 29, 2020.

Upcoming Southern Summer School

USI UNESCO Chair Southern Summer School 2020

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The Southern Summer School “Digital communication of indigenous African heritage and fashion” will take place in Namibia from February 9 to 15, 2020. It is organized in collaboration with the University of Namibia and the University of Turku (Finland). A few places are still available.

Don't forget this Massive Online Open Course!

Tourism Management at UNESCO World Heritage Sites Vol.2

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After the first volume, a brand new volume of the Tourism Management at UNESCO World Heritage Sites MOOC was published. It was developed together with the UNESCO UNITWIN Network “Culture, Tourism, Development” leader Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. Registration ends on December 31st, 2019.

New Project

Official launch of "DESy" in April 2019

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DESy (short for: Digital Destination Evolution System) is a project between the border areas of Switzerland and Italy and was created to collect and analyze tourist information using AI. This will benefit the tourism experience of visitors of both regions thanks to more tailored services.

New Project

Erasmus+ kick-off meeting in October 2019

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Together with the colleagues of the University of Information Technology and Management (Rzeszow), Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development and University of Novi Sad, we launched the Erasmus+ project "Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainable Tourism Development".

New Network Membership

University Network for Cultural Routes Studies

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USI became a member of the “University Network for Cultural Routes Studies” of the European Institute of Cultural Routes (EICR). The agreement will open further collaboration opportunities, both in teaching and research, for the UNESCO Chair and especially USI's Master in International Tourism.

	Publications


	Analysing Cultural Values in Heritage Promotion by DMO Websites. A Methodological Proposal, 2019, e-Review of Tourism Research (eRTR), 16 (2/3):175-183 Emanuele Mele, Lorenzo Cantoni


	Identification of Competing Destination Brand: The Case of Okinawa Island. Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2019. Nicosia, Cyprus. January 30–February 1, 2019 Kenshi Nakaima, Elena Marchiori, Lorenzo Cantoni


	Indonesian Tourism and Batik: An Online Map, 2019, e-Review of Tourism Research (eRTR), 16 (2/3):184-194 Puspita Ayu Permatasari, Lorenzo Cantoni


	Mapping Mobile Apps on Batik: A Journey across Heritage and Fashion. FACTUM 2019: Fashion Communication in the Digital Age. Springer, 166-178 Puspita Ayu Permatasari, Lorenzo Cantoni


	Communicating World Heritage. (in press) In: Studies in Communication Sciences 19(2). pp. 221–225 Silvia De Ascaniis, Lorenzo Cantoni

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