ICOMOS Cultural Tourism

21/05/2026

We are pleased to invite you to the next session of our webinar series:
“From Principles to Practice: Operationalising the ICOMOS International Charter for Cultural Heritage Tourism (2022)”

This session, co-organised with our colleagues at ICOMOS Africa, will focus on Principles 4 & 5, exploring community engagement, local development, and benefit-sharing through cultural tourism.

🗓 27 May 2026
🕐 13:00 (CEST)

If you have already registered for the webinar series, there is no need to register again. For those who have not yet registered, please do so here:
https://lnkd.in/efQEmbRD

We look forward to a rich discussion, bringing together colleagues and case studies from across regions.

07/05/2026

🔴 Heritage Alert 🔴

ICOMOS, together with its International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage (ISC20C) is issuing a worldwide Heritage Alert to amplify awareness of the threat to the in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.

🏗️ The new U.S. Embassy development should preserve this important heritage, not demolish it. By thoughtfully integrating the remaining historic elements into the new design, this project could set a powerful international example of modern development and historic preservation working hand in hand.

❗ICOMOS is urging stronger legal protections for the site and its individual elements due to their significance as a rare surviving example of socialist realist sports architecture in Eastern Europe. The site’s preservation is critical for national memory and international scholarship.

Help us amplify the call to save Chișinău’s Republican Stadium: https://buff.ly/FQlCX2V



Maia Sandu Alexandru Munteanu

21/04/2026

Call for Abstracts | ICOMOS GA 2026 – Kuala Lumpur

Session S9 – Heritage Ecosystems: Possibilities and Potentials for an Inclusive Systems Approach

Are you working at the intersections of cultural, natural, tangible, and intangible heritage? This is your session.

Jointly organised by ISCCL, ICTC, ICOFORT & ICOMOS Japan, Session S9 invites contributions that explore a heritage ecosystem approach — connecting diverse worldviews, knowledge domains, and rights-holders (including communities, nature, and future generations) in heritage practice.

Building on the Gunma Declaration, we ask:
🔹 How can heritage professionals move beyond disciplinary silos?
🔹 How do ecosystems thinking strengthen local-to-global continuity?
🔹 How do we represent rights-holders beyond humans in heritage decision-making?

📩 Submit your abstract: https://www.icomosga2026.org.my/en/abstract/sessions (Session S9)

🗓️ Don't wait — share with your networks and spread the word!

The ICOMOS Scientific Symposium, under the main theme “LIVING HERITAGE: RESPECT, ACCEPT, ENHANCE, PARTNERSHIP,” is designed to foster research and discussion on specialized topics. In direct response to the Triennial Scientific Plan (TSP) 2024–2027 theme, “DISASTER AND CONFLICT RESILIENT HER...

23/03/2026

📢 GA2026 – Financial Assistance for Participation

ICOMOS Headquarters is inviting applications for financial assistance to support participation in the 22nd ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium 2026, to be held in Kuching, Malaysia, from 17 to 24 October 2026.

This support is intended in particular for participants from emerging economies, to facilitate broader and more inclusive international engagement in the General Assembly.

Applications must be submitted via the Google Form link below by 27 March 2026:
https://forms.gle/yAnhHsjz9nn4LGZL7

18/03/2026

Kindly reminder – Call for Abstracts (ICTC Panel, GA2026)

Dear colleagues,

This is a kind reminder that the call for abstracts is open for the ICTC panel session at the ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium 2026 in Kuching, Malaysia:

“Safeguarding Living Heritage and Community Resilience through Tourism: From Principles to Practice”

We warmly encourage contributions from colleagues working on heritage, tourism, and community-based approaches, particularly those engaging with the ICOMOS Cultural Heritage Tourism Charter (2022).

🗓 Deadline: 30 April 2026

More information:
👉 www.icomosga2026.org.my

Please feel free to share this call within your networks.

Warm regards,
Sofia

19/02/2026

ICTC Webinar | From Principles to Practice

How can the ICOMOS International Charter for Cultural Heritage Tourism (2022) be applied in practice across different contexts?

Join the ICTC webinar to explore the Committee’s work, the Charter’s principles, and real pathways for implementation through dialogue and shared experiences.

This session is open to International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) heritage and tourism professionals, researchers, and all those interested in responsible cultural heritage tourism.

🔗 Details & registration:
https://www.icomos.org/evenement/ictc-webinar-cultural-heritage-tourism/

13/02/2026

04/02/2026

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS | ICTC PANEL – ICOMOS GA 2026

📣 The ICTC Panel Session at the ICOMOS 22nd General Assembly & Scientific Symposium 2026 is now open for abstract submissions!

🟢 Session title:
Safeguarding Living Heritage and Community Resilience through Tourism: From Principles to Practice

This panel explores how the ICOMOS Cultural Heritage Tourism Charter (2022) can be translated into practical, community-centred and resilient approaches to tourism and living heritage.

We welcome contributions addressing:
• Applying Charter principles in practice
• Community engagement and collaborative governance
• Indigenous and local knowledge
• Risk, conflict and disaster management
• Monitoring, evaluation and lessons learned from case studies

📍 Location: Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
🗓 Abstract deadline: 30 April 2026

🔗 Submit your abstract here:
https://www.icomosga2026.org.my/abstract

We strongly encourage practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and community representatives to contribute and share experiences from the field.

15/01/2026

Welcome!

📢 ICOMOS Welcomes New Director General

Céline NOGUES-WEBER has spent her entire career working for public interest organisations, notably an NGO fighting avoidable blindness in Francophone Africa (Organisation pour la Prévention de la Cécité) and France’s national firefighter’s federation (Fédération nationale des sapeurs-pompiers de France).

◾ With over two decades of leadership in the non-profit and social impact sector, Ms. NOGUÈS-WEBER combines strategic vision, operational excellence and a commitment to mission-driven impact in health, solidarity and civil society.

She succeeds Marie-Laure LAVENIR, who spent 11 years expanding ICOMOS’ network, particularly in Africa, advancing climate action initiatives, developing international projects in untapped areas, and nurturing relationships with ICOMOS’ partners.

ICOMOS warmly congratulates our new Director General, and wishes Ms. Noguès-Weber lots of success in her new role!

16/10/2025

Workshop on Responsible Destination Management jointly organized by ICOMOS Cultural Tourism and ICOMOS ICIP at the ICOMOS Annual General Assembly 2025 in Lumbini, Nepal

This interactive session explored how Carrying Capacity Frameworks and Heritage Interpretation can transform tourism into a driver for regeneration, resilience, and peace. Case studies from Nepal, Pakistan, India, and Korea illustrated best practices and challenges in destination management.