by USI UNESCO Chair | Jul 31, 2019 | Events, Home
In July, Prof. Cantoni visited the Fête des Vignerons in Vevey (CH) to present Ticino’s nomination to the list of Swiss intangible heritage at an official press conference. “Mendrisio’s Holy Week Processions have been put forward for Intangible Cultural Heritage of...
by USI UNESCO Chair | Jun 30, 2019 | Events, Home
Associate expert, Dr. Engelbert Ruoss was a speaker at the International Conference Between Overtourism and Undertourism: Implications and Crisis Management Strategies (June 26 – 29) in Lecce (Italy) While a growing number of tourist destinations are...
by USI UNESCO Chair | Jun 27, 2019 | Events, Home
Chair coordinator, Silvia de Ascaniis and research assistant, Lea Hasenzahl, joined Day 2 of the conference in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Swiss UNESCO Comission! The Chair presented itself and highlighted its upcoming projects, the UNESCO Summer School and...
by USI UNESCO Chair | May 27, 2019 | Events, Home
On Sunday, July 28th 2019, chair holder Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni, held a conference at 5:30 p.m. in the “Maison Ticino”. The event was organized by “Sapori Ticino” and represented “an opportunity to explore the concept of intangible cultural...
by USI UNESCO Chair | May 9, 2019 | DESy, Home, News
<<DESy>> (short for: Digital Destination Evolution System) is a project between the border areas of Switzerland and Italy and was created to collect and analyze tourist information using AI. This will benefit the tourism experience of the visitor to both...
by USI UNESCO Chair | May 7, 2019 | Home, News
After the great success of the first volume (6’500+ learners from 166 countries), a brand new volume of the Tourism Management at UNESCO World Heritage Sites MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) opened its doors to all tourism professionals, students, site managers,...
