About 800 years ago, the Digo people were pushed out of Somalia and Northern Kenya following ethnic tensions. They migrated to the South Coast of Kenya to establish themselves deep within the forest. There, they built Kayas, meaning ‘home’ or ‘village’ in the local dialect. In every Kaya, you could find huts, graveyards, and a
Christo’s installation The Floating Piers, is bringing Lake Iseo mountains of tourists and attention. This is a unique work of art, an exciting path that will last until the 3rd of July.
Yellowstone was the United States’ first national park, created 140 years ago. It covers an area of nearly 9,000 square kilometres over the states of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. Its natural wonders are well-known worldwide, making it a major tourist attraction with a record breaking four million visitors in 2015 alone. But with popularity, problems
Heavy tourism led Thai authorities to close the Island of Koh Tachai, banning tourists indefinitely as of 15 October. The tiny island is located in the Andaman Sea and is part of the Similan National Park. Thousands of tourists visit it every year, often violating the daily limit of 70 visitors. Considering the enormous tourist
Now that the hashtags and social networks are so important for communication that, in order to promote the landscape, architectural and cultural heritage, it’s necessary to improve the communication strategies and explore alternative languages making an effort to combine the benefits of traditional paper media and less conventional forms of media involvement. Unesco thoroughly pursued this
Many extremely talented international artists created artworks for the fourth edition of the e-Luminate Cambridge Festival 2016. Amongst them Ross Ashton, Susie Olczac, Mike Stephenson and Jack Beccegatto. This year’s theme was Connecting Light and the goal was to create connections between various parts of the iconic city of Cambridge. Each installation told a specific
The Qatar Underwater Archaeological Museum, conceived by Italian designers, is the world’s largest underwater museum and will be built in Doha.
From 27 February Salgado’s pictures that tell the story of his masterpiece Genesis will be exhibited in Genoa: charming black and white photographs explain how the Planet is now and how it must be preserved.
Discover the city in a new light. It all started when the founder and director of the festival Alessandra Caggiano was cycling through the iconic city centre of Cambridge, UK, whilst it was pitch black. “How wonderful this could be if it was all lit up,” she thought. Now at its fourth edition, the e-Luminate
In the south western part of the island, the province of Barahona, a biodiversity heritage site, has become one of the Caribbean’s most picturesque eco-friendly destinations.
