Publications
Newest report
The report Fashion and Cultural Tourism – Connecting Creators, Businesses and Destinations produced by Lorenzo Cantoni, is a joint publication by Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) and UN Tourism.
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Key publication
The Handbook on Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Digital Media, edited by Silvia De Ascaniis and Lorenzo Cantoni, represents the flagship publication of our UNESCO Chair.
The volume gathers contributions from leading scholars and practitioners worldwide, offering theoretical insights, methodological approaches, and case studies on how digital media can foster the sustainable development and communication of cultural and natural heritage. Structured around the Chair’s ABCDE framework (Access, Better, Connect, Disintermediate, Educate), the Handbook reflects the Chair’s mission to advance knowledge and practice at the intersection of heritage, tourism, and digital technologies.
As the main scientific output of the UNESCO Chair, this publication stands as both a reference work for researchers and a practical resource for heritage managers, policy makers, and tourism professionals engaged in promoting sustainable and digitally innovative approaches to heritage and tourism.
Reports to download
If the Handbook on Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Digital Media is the Chair’s scientific reference publication, these reports represent its “field counterpart”. They document experiences, events, case studies, and applied research, showing how the UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites translates its mission into concrete actions and tangible results.
Freely available, these reports are intended to inform and inspire researchers, heritage managers, policy makers, and tourism professionals interested in sustainable and digitally enhanced approaches to heritage and tourism.
Other publications
Click here to see the updated list. This unified list presents the publications of the UNESCO Chair, including books, journal articles, conference proceedings and reports. It reflects the breadth of the Chair’s research and its contribution to the international debate on ICT, sustainable tourism, cultural heritage and digital media.