CULTURE
Certifying in-field practitioners
Cultural Heritage Specialist Guide Programme
Training materials
This section provides trainees as well as trainers full access to training materials. It enables them to review the training materials before and after the workshop according to their needs. The course curriculum comprises core, thematic and site modules.
Core Module
The core module focuses on issues concerning tourism at UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The six units include (see also table of contents):
• Unit 1: The Cultural Heritage Specialist Guide (PDF format, 154 KB)
• Unit 2: Understanding UNESCO World Heritage Sites (PDF format, 1,076 KB)
• Unit 3: Protecting and Managing Cultural Heritage (PDF format, 540 KB)
• Unit 4: Heritage Interpretation (PDF format, 397 KB)
• Unit 5: Influencing Visitor Behaviour and Experience (PDF format, 1,439 KB)
• Unit 6: The Cultural Heritage Guide and the Community (PDF format, 451 KB)
In order to customize the core module for national level use in each country, the core module has been translated into various languages. Translation into other languages is also planned and modules will be uploaded online as they become available. To download the training modules, please click on the following (Funding for translation of these training resources are provided in-part by Bureau of Public Information, UNESCO Headquarters):
• English (PDF Format, 2.85 MB)
• Chinese (Traditional script) (Produced by Institute For Tourism Studies) (PDF Format, 1.63 MB)
• Lao (Produced by Lao National Tourism Administration with support from the ADB Mekong Tourism Development Project) (PDF Format, 4.86 MB)
• Khmer (Produced by UNESCO Bangkok and UNESCO Phnom Penh with support from Bureau of Public Information, UNESCO Headquarters) (PDF format, 3.04 MB)
• Thai (Produced by UNESCO Bangkok with support from Bureau of Public Information, UNESCO Headquarters) (PDF Format, 2.5 MB)
• Vietnamese (Produced by Vietnam National Administration of Tourism with support from the ADB Mekong Tourism Development Project) (PDF Format, 3.37 MB)
Thematic Module
The thematic modules vary between sub-regions. They cover overarching themes that will enable guides to deepen their knowledge about specific sites and to educate visitors about broad narratives which convey the historic, religious, artistic and architectural linkages between various heritage sites in the region. For downloading samples from each sub-region, please click the following:
South Asia sub-region
• Living Buddhism (Produced by the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Sikkim) (PDF format, 82KB)
Greater Mekong sub-region
• Living Buddhism (With input from Silpakorn University, Thailand and the Department of Information and Culture, Luang Prabang) (PDF format, 45KB)
Site Module
Each site module provides a definitive guide to a particular heritage site, Tentative List site, or World Heritage Site. They explain the significance and conservation issues about the site, offer useful guidelines for interpreting the site, and provide FAQs about the site. As soon as other site modules become available, they will be uploaded online. For downloading a sample index, please click the following:
Bhutan
• Paro heritage site module (Produced by Department of Tourism and Royal University of Bhutan) (PDF format, 82KB)
Cambodia
• Angkor World Heritage site module (Produced by Ministry of Tourism, Cambodia and Authority for Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap)
China
• Macao SAR World Heritage site module (produced by Institute For Tourism Studies) (PDF format, 304KB)
Lao PDR
• Luang Prabang World Heritage Site module (produced by Department of Information and Culture, Luang Prabang and Lao National Tourism Administration (PDF format, 89KB)
• Vat Phou World Heritage Site module (produced by
Champassack Province Heritage Protection Committee and Lao National Tourism Administration) (PDF format, 114KB)
Viet Nam
• Hoi An World Heritage Site module (produced by Hoi An Centre for Monuments Management and Preservation) (PDF format, 245KB)
