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Adventures of Link: We'll Always Have the New 7 Wonders

Where: Agra, India
August 30, 2007 at 4:45 PM | by | Comment (1)

It's not a good time to be a World Heritage Site, at least one in Asia. Rioting near the Taj Mahal rendered it unaccessible, as mobs burned vehicles and battled police in Agra, India. The police enacted a curfew, which was just recently lifted, though tensions--stemming from violence during a religious festival--are still high.

And India isn't the only country with WHSites under fire: Sections of the Great Wall of China are literally crumbling as sandstorms whip across the northwestern part of the country.

The latest on Asian treasures in danger:
· Taj Mahal Briefly Closed [Reuters]
· Foreign Tourists Told to Avoid the Area... [VOA]
· Even Though the Curfew Has Been Lifted [BBC]
· In China, the Great Wall Not Doing Well [NYT]
· Endangered World Heritage Sites in Asia and Beyond [UNESCO]

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the best and the worst World Heritage sites

Last year, National Geographic asked a panel of 419 experts in sustainable tourism and destination stewardship to rate some of the most popular World Heritage sites, to determine how well they were taking care of their assets.  You can check out their ratings here, on the Places Rated scorecard:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/features/whsrated0611/whsrated.html
travelina on August 30, 2007 at 11:36 PM #Permalink

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