Authors: Monika Göttler & Matthias Ripp, City of Regensburg World Heritage Coordination and Northwest Europe and North America Regional Secretariat of the OWHC
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Category: Regional Conferences
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City: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
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Year: 2018
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Language: English

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^{Summary: During the 2017 OWHC World Congress in Gyeongju/Korea, the represented member cities discussed in their respective Regional Meetings and voted for the next general topic for the organization: “Heritage & Tourism: Local Communities and Visitors – Sharing Responsibilities” was selected to be the focus for the upcoming working program of the Organization of World Heritage Cities until culminating in the Krakow World Congress in 2019.}

^{The Regional Secretariat for Northwest Europe and North America decided to work on the topic for its Regional Conference 2018 in Amsterdam with the preparation of a special Scientific Day Program. It was the goal to inform thoroughly, to strengthen capacity, to work interactively and focus on the participants in all aspects so that a practical and direct benefit is granted for our member cities of OWHC.}

^{With the support of Professor Kurt Luger from Austria as moderator as well as Professor Greg Richards (Breda University, Tilburg University/Netherlands) as keynote speaker, the challenges for our World Heritage Cities were laid out when it comes to coordinating heritage in a sustainable tourism on site. Special insights were given by six member cities on their experiences and best practices. In a workshop session, the participants intensively discussed possible principles and activities that can be developed for our World Heritage site management when it comes to touristic use.}

^{On the last day of the conference, experts from the hosting World Heritage City Amsterdam offered insights into special areas of preservation, tourism management as well as archaeology and thus gave all conference participants a great chance to gain a deeper insight in the measures of practical heritage management.}

^{All valuable output of the Scientific Day as well as the Amsterdam Day is summed up in the presented conference report. It is supposed to offer information to our member cities, to other OWHC cities, to site managers, to responsible people in tourism, to a wider interested audience.}

^{All colleagues and experts that are referred to with their presentations are willing to answer questions. For contact details, please get in touch with the Regional Secretariat.}