A SHORT REVIEW

1- Which of the items below can be used for a formal definition of cultural heritage?
a) Any aspect of a community - tangible or intangible - that exists for at least 10 years 
b) It consists of culture, values, and traditions
c) Any community aspect that has been destroyed or lost 
d) It consists of artefacts, the built environment, but also the natural environment.

2- At World Heritage sites, one can experience the history of humankind and the planet. World
Heritage sites include monuments, groups of buildings, and cultural and natural landscapes that……
a) have a meaning for one country and must therefore be protected by its citizens.
b) reflect an important historical epoch in Europe and must therefore be protected by Europeans.
c) have a value for the entire world and therefore must be protected by all human beings.

3- World Heritage sites should be protected and preserved for a long time. Why is it important to
protect the heritage of the past?
a) Because today heritage sites give us important knowledge about different epochs and cultures of
the past.
b) Because heritage is an important economic factor.
c) Because heritage can increase tourism in an area.

4- The World Heritage list includes more than particularly old objects. The Peace Monument in
Hiroshima, Japan, and the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp are also listed as World
Heritage. Why?
a) Because these places attract many tourists.
b) Because culture as defined by the World Heritage Convention includes not only beautiful
buildings and works of art, but also places which are connected with important historical events of
human history.
c) Because World Heritage sites are not only important for the local community, but rather, they
represent the heritage of all humankind. 

COMPLETE THE GAP

1- Most towns and villages have something unique or special they want to share with outsiders.
One way of doing this is to organize ……. and other special events to reflect the cultural
characteristics of populations.

2- …………… segmentation means that visitors are classified by certain social and
socioeconomic characteristics. The most common of these are age, gender, employment,
marital status, education and income.

3- Some of the best examples of ………… include religious beliefs, music and dance, cultural
traditions, social mores, political ideologies, languages.

4- ……… is one of the examples which is a part of heritage tourism. It may include prisons, places
where famous people died, cemeteries, sites of war, concentration camps, etc.

5- One of the most important types of heritage attraction is the ………….. – an establishment that has
collections of artefacts. Almost every city, town and village of any consequential size in the developed world
has a local one.

2. The relationship between heritage places and tourism is dynamic and can involve conflicting
values.
3- Cultural heritage can be considered as all of the intangible or tangible assets, values and
phenomena created by previous generations that a society or community does not preserve anymore.

Cultural commodification means changing a stuff to become economical product.

World Heritage Sites are cultural and/or natural sites considered to be of 'Outstanding Universal
Value', which have been inscribed on the World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee.