Key Highlights
- Google Arts & Culture has started an online resource called explore UNESCO World Heritage.
- This new service will be helpful for guiding educators and students.
- A foreign tourist is declined by 75% in 2020.
Exploring the heritages with Google
Pandemic is now unable to travel due to limitations imposed to avoid the spread of COVID-19. On the day of World Heritage Day UNESCO, Google Arts & Culture has created a new online resource called explore UNESCO World Heritage. This is an once-in-a-lifetime chance to take a virtual globetrotting tour of cultural monuments and magnificent natural beauty. This will help you gain precise and credible knowledge on locations of exceptional universal importance.
COVID-19 effecting Tourism
Cultural tourism, which accounts for 40% of the total tourism industry, is suffering, with the number of foreign tourists down by 75% in 2020 compared to 2019. Following the closing of concert halls, theaters, bookstores, and cinemas, royalties earned by authors could have fallen by up to 35% in 2020, resulting in a €3.5 billion global deficit.
The step taken by UNESCO is seeking to provide alternate means of facilitating access to cultural heritage during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to develop new ways to exchange culture in the future.
Heritages tour with Google
Below are the list of Heritages you can visit with Google
- The Colosseum- Colosseum is an oval amphitheatre in the center of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever constructed and, considering its age, remains the largest standing amphitheater in the world today.
- Mount Kilimanjaro- Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano. Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira are the three volcanic cones. It is Africa’s tallest peak and the world’s highest free-standing mountain.
- Taj Mahal- the Taj Mahal, formerly known as the Rauza-i-munawwara, is an ivory-white marble mausoleum located on the southern bank of the Yamuna River in the Indian city of Agra.
Alongside, there are other heritages which you can visit while sitting in your home like Whales in Mexico and Canals in France.
Significance of Google virtual tour
The tours are a convenient way to remain linked to our cultural past. They may also be useful guides for educators, assisting them in teaching students about natural and cultural heritage. The tours cover topics such as Yosemite National Park, ancient pilgrimage routes in northern Spain, and the Great Pyramids of Giza.
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