World Heritage for Building Peace

Paolo Del Bianco

Abstract

"World Heritage for Building Peace" by the Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco’s "Life Beyond Tourism Movement" is the title of the 2019 Appeal that marks the conclusion of a research presented in the Krakow International Cultural Centre the 26 May 2006. By the Life Beyond Tourism Movement: World Heritage Sites takes on the responsibility of "Awareness Centers” to widespread a new sensitivity and a consequent new cultural and commercial offer with different ethic; World Heritage Sites’ management not only protects and enhances the heritage, but favors the 'International Community' encouraging the world-wide exercise of intercultural dialogue between visitors in the same place, same time, same aptitude to listening, promoting a virtuosos synergy between the UNESCO Conventions 1972, 2003, 2005; World Heritage Sites could experiment the post-pandemic reverse of the hitherto prevalent degrade of the travel experience. This new cultural and commercial offer relies upon world scale 'knowledge initiatives', transforming the hasty tourist into a ‘Temporary Resident’ induced to a deep knowledge of the place, its wonders, culture, traditions, thus favoring friendship, mutual respect and peace.