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The construction of a road from Dhordo village to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Dholavira in Gujarat will give an economic boost to the region and encourage tourism in the area, a senior official said on Saturday. Union Tourism Secretary Arvind Singh, during an interaction with the media here, also said that all the five key priority areas set for the deliberations during the first G20 Tourism Working Group meeting in the Runn of Kutch were "endorsed by all member countries, invitee countries and international organisations". Over 100 G20 delegates from India and abroad attended the event in the pristine Runn of Kutch from February 7-9. On February 9, they also visited the Harappa-era Dholavira site. The secretary said that another positive impact of the event is the construction of a road from Dhordo village to Dholavira heritage site which will give an economic boost to the region and encourage more tourism in that area. During the G20 event, there was a consensus among the .

Italy's Ministry of Culture has backed the Appian Way's candidacy to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the first time such a bid has had national support in the country.

Far from Bali's beaches and hotels, farmer I Ketut Jata stands on a mountainside, staring at terraced land that is too dry to grow the rice his family has long relied on for food and income. It is no longer possible to work in the fields as a farmer," he says. Bali's water crisis is worsening from tourism development, population growth and water mismanagement, experts and environmental groups warn. Water shortages already are affecting UNESCO sites, wells, food production and Balinese culture and experts say the situation will deteriorate further if existing water control policies are not enforced across the island. A tropical, volcanic island in the center of Indonesia's archipelago, Bali relies on water from three main sources: crater lakes, rivers and shallow groundwater. A unique traditional irrigation system, called the subak, distributes water through a network of canals, dams and tunnels. The subak, made a UNESCO site in 2012, is central to Balinese culture, representing the

The Taj Mahal, a UNESCO world heritage site, was among the 10 most popular centrally-protected ticketed monuments for domestic visitors in 2021-22, according to a new report released by the Union Ministry of Tourism. While the Mughal-era mausoleum ranked first, the Red Fort and the Qutub Minar -- both UNESCO-recognised sites in Delhi -- were the second and third most visited sites, respectively, for the period. The over 280-page report titled 'India Tourism Statistics 2022' was released on Tuesday by Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on World Tourism Day at an event here. The report said due to restrictions related to COVID-19, "the number of foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) in India during 2021 decreased to 1.52 million as compared to 2.74 million in 2020, registering a negative growth of 44.5 per cent". Sharing data about the footfall at various sites under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the report said the Taj Mahal was the most popular centrally-protected ticketed monum

On the occasion of World Hindi Day on January 10, UNESCO informed that its World Heritage Centre has agreed to publish Hindi descriptions of India's UNESCO World Heritage Sites on WHC website

Nine projects from six countries Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand have been honoured by a jury of heritage experts