Write an essay about Historic Sites and National Parks

Write an essay about Historic Sites and National Parks

Assignment Details

Please visit the UNESCO World Heritage List of world heritage sites. Click on different sites within the United States and all over the world.

Pick 2 sites (at least 1 should be from outside the United States) that you find particularly interesting, and focus your discussion of the following:

• Identify the sites you have chosen and why you find them to be significant.
• Why is it important to protect these sites?
• In your post, consider how tourists visiting these sites, for example, can generate revenue and employment for the local economy.
• Thinking as a cultural anthropologist, how would you argue for the preservation of these sites?

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Reference

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World heritage list. Retrieved from http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/