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UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites 

Master in International Tourism

Università della Svizzera italiana offers a Master in International Tourism (MIT), run by the Faculty of Economics in collaboration with the Faculty of Communication Sciences. The USI UNESCO Chair is deeply involved in this Master, through teaching, research, internships and theses opportunities.

Our Mission

Established in September 2013, USI UNESCO Chair is committed to perform research and teaching on how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and digital media in general, can be effectively used to develop and promote sustainable tourism at World Heritage Sites (WHSs).

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Open Access Chapters

We are happy to announce the publication of the Handbook on Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Digital Media, edited by Silvia De Ascaniis and Lorenzo Cantoni, published by Edward Elgar: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788970082.

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Winter School 2025

The next Winter School of USI UNESCO Chair is organized in collaboration with the University of Madeira, the University of Coimbra and the Universidade Europeia of Lisbon. It will be held in the archipelago of Madeira, Portugal, from 9th to 16th February, 2025 and will tackle the topic of digital media for sustainable tourism in island destinations. Applications are open until November 15th, 2024.

 

 

Prof. Cantoni visits AUDITORIUM in Brazil

Jun 30, 2022 |

With the objective to continue the AUDITORIUM project that develops a model of cultural sustainability indicators for the management of tangible and intangible heritage, mainly in tourist places enlisted as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, chair holder, Prof. Cantoni...

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7th UNESCO Unitwin Conference

Jun 10, 2022 | ,

USI UNESCO Chair participated in the 7th UNESCO UNITWIN conference “World Heritage and tourism innovation  - responding to the challenges in a changing world”, which took place between 15th and 20th May 2022 in Portorož, Slovenia, at the University of Primorska,...

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