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

Join our 2025 Summer School in Perù!

Want to dive into the challenges of overtourism and the role of digital media in protecting heritage? This year’s edition focuses on the case of Machupicchu and is organized in collaboration with the UNESCO Chairs from the University of Genoa and the University of Lima, and supported by the UNESCO office in Lima.

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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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New USI UNESCO Chair Website

May 18, 2021 | ,

The re-designed of the USI UNESCO Chair website was initiated in January 2021 and launched in May 2021. After several in-house workshops the functionalities and usability of the site were adapted accordingly. Moreover, the site now tells the complete history of the...

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Prof. Cantoni @ GHTC-2020

Mar 2, 2021 |

Prof. Cantoni was a speaker at the Global Hospitality and Tourism Conference on Experiential Management and Marketing (GHTC-2020). The conference was held via hybrid mode in NEHU, Shillong (India) on March 18-20, 2021. Further information here.

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MARKS Project

Nov 24, 2020 | , ,

The USI UNESCO Chair is happy to collaborate at the MARKS Interreg project, which aims at increasing the attractiveness of the cross-border area between Lake Como and Lake Lugano  in the Intelvi Valley. It is a collaboration between the Italian region Lombardy...

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Our World Heritage Initiative

Nov 16, 2020 | ,

The USI UNESCO Chair is happy and honored to be part of the Our World Heritage initiative, by contributing to the theme of tourism.The initiative was officially launched on November 16th, 2020: https://youtu.be/hTzuxMd86Po! Series of of online webinars 2021: A series...

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