The City of Ohrid as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site: Challenges and Solutions for Cultural Tourism Development

Korunovski, Saso and Risteski, Michael (2023) The City of Ohrid as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site: Challenges and Solutions for Cultural Tourism Development. In: Cities' Vocabularies and the Sustainable Development of the Silkroads. Advances in Science Technology & Innovation (1). Springer Cham, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 347-361. ISBN 978-3-031-31026-3

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Abstract

The City of Ohrid represents an important site with UNESCO status of mixed heritage located on the historic route of Via Egnatia. It is the most important tourist center in the Republic of North Macedonia and therefore faces numerous development challenges. Namely, urban and tourism development has caused several risks and dangers to its protection status in the past which is also prevalent to the present day. Since its proclamation as a World Cultural Heritage Site the city of Ohrid and its surroundings had constantly been trying to find a balance between the increase in tourist visits on one side, and the protection of its cultural and natural values, on the other. This paper will explore the developmental path of this area with its different socio-economic and environmental challenges and impacts in its pursuit to achieve long-term sustainability. In that sense, several strategic documents will be analyzed in which the most recent protection measures and activities have been envisioned to be implemented in the near future. This will also include sustainable solutions and recommendations for improvements mainly in a tourist-developmental and preservation sense. This is important for the city to transform itself into a sustainable, yet highly competitive global tourist destination.

Keywords: Ohrid, Protection, Cultural heritage, Tourism development.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Other social sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality
Depositing User:	Prof. d-r Michael Risteski
Date Deposited:	02 Nov 2023 14:34
Last Modified:	02 Nov 2023 14:34
URI:	https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/9116

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