UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme

The UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme represents a new approach based on dialogue and stakeholder cooperation where planning for tourism and heritage management is integrated at a destination level, the natural and cultural assets are valued and protected, and appropriate tourism developed.

The Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation participates in the Programme and has already adopted a sustainable tourism strategy for the Wadden Sea World Heritage Destination. Furthermore, in the framework of this Programme the World Heritage Centre presents itself as co-exhibitor of the Wadden Sea World Heritage at the ITB travel fair in Berlin.