Fresh and hot in the world heritage - "Chinese Danxia."
Not long ago, "China Danxia," Land Group and the "world into" historical buildings officially named the 2010 United Nations list of world natural and cultural heritage, so that the quantity of China's World Heritage 40. According to earlier newspaper reports, "Chinese Danxia" inscription about a ten-Jige Yi, an expert involved in the inscription that it is money well spent. But the reporter has interviewed experts on the matter and visitors Shique hear different voices, some experts also pointed that although the inscription itself is a good thing, but if a knot in the calculation of "inscription worth" of the "economic loss" , will distort or even devoid of the inscription was originally to protect the natural heritage of human intention, and the phenomenon of domestic over-zealous inscription heritage values will also lead to devaluation.
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Hot debate worth
Who is that "value"? Governments, experts, scenic
Who is that worth? Ordinary people
From "Danxia" project inscription of 10 Jige Yi cost, we see the inscription is to pay big bucks for. But spent a lot of money, after all, the successful inscription of the few, more like Jinci inscription is spent over 100 million yuan is not successful then the inscription should also continue to invest in the project. World Heritage List in time and effort and money, in the end who believe that value?
Government and the operator: the value of
Reason: pull gdp
In fact, the inscription is a benefit game. Senior travel expert Chen Xujun in view, the government, experts, operators, and the visitors "worth it" have their own say. Government and the operators, the inscription is worthwhile, since it may contribute to the Government's gdp, has been successful before, such as "World Heritage List in 1997, Pingyao Ancient City, the proportion of tourism income from the total gdp 1997 to 0.96% to 13.91% in 2008, revenues from tourism increased from 12.5 million yuan in 2008 6.7 billion ", so tourism has been driven gdp myth spread by some local governments, operators as good way out of poverty, so it is not hard to understand as the lead in the Danxia inscription in which the new Langshan County, although in 2008 the county's fiscal revenue broke the 200 million, but for the inscription on the dare to drop out of more than 4 million. Chen Xujun said: "The money worth even horizontal comparison, to see how much foreign money for the World Heritage List, the money used is reasonable or not, can not just spend money to make the surface of effort to fool the judges, but also long-term observation is a qualitative change. "
People: do not necessarily value
Reason: inscription sour
Guangdong Tourism and Culture Association, vice president of Description and travel, said, standing in the perspective of ordinary people, then this is another perspective, for example: "Shaoguan more than 300 million people, the inscription to spend more than 100 yuan per person, for a also on poverty alleviation funds leading live in poor areas, the World Heritage List after the delimitation of a region also had to protect the earth, the people can not be developed in this labor, it is unfair to them. "
The reporters also asked about the matter the views of several ALICE, ALICE Xiaoyun very representative of the idea: "It was the inscription allows us to better understand the heritage value, but now seems to be sour, and the inscription was spending our tax people's money, also flew to a World Heritage List in prices, this 'fleece the' matter of course we feel very unfair. "
"Heaven and Earth into" visitors, such as carp.
Scholars: spend money on
On the value of conservation
However, Sun Yat-sen University Head of the Socio Tourism believes that the inscription itself is not original sin, but must first sort out the money spent inscription gone, said the Guangzhou Asian Games in the end is like how much was spent, the actual Many are used in the transformation of urban infrastructure, and in fact these costs can not fully count the cost of the head in the inscription.
"No matter how much was spent inscription, as long as is spent on resource protection, not too materialistic, people would support." Chew sticks says.
Depth profile
Inscription underlying causes of heat
Intent: to protect natural and cultural
Distortion: the World Heritage as a money tree
For domestic "hot inscription," Description and travel to reporters that he "mixed feelings": "Now some people may participate in the inscription the intention wrong. Inscription is why, from the heritage of the original purpose of organization and the inscription is , is responsible for the protection of cultural and natural treasures from the responsibility. But now a number of tourism experts and tourism management departments to treat it as a sale, this really is a distortion of the intent. "
Indeed, nominal protection is in fact a huge potential economic gains are not unusual act of inscription, which also led to significantly tightened in recent years UNESCO has declared procedures, not only more stringent selection criteria of the heritage also clear that we were only able to declare a state each year as a natural and cultural heritage projects. In this regard, Chen Xujun feel very sad: "If the natural and cultural heritage have to rely on the inscription of the means of protection would be too sad, and it reflects the Chinese people always cherish the natural and cultural attitudes do not, it is taken seriously, yet the World Heritage as a cash cow. "It also reflects the current state of the nation like a economic accounts, money accounts, do not attach importance to the spiritual and cultural accounts, which is a reflection of social strange phenomenon.
Deeper causes of the structure of the system
Inscription financial pressure forced the scenic prices
Go into the reasons behind the inscription hot, in fact, a structural pattern of the decision. According to the Socio analysis, the protection of nature in culture, the current government investment is quite limited. "Inscription process will lead to a vicious circle of interest, there is no central government assistance, local governments are under financial pressure, the pressure will be assessed to the area, a scenic area with financial pressure, so use other means of tickets up."
Description and travel is that, since it is the heritage of mankind, we should give the people, can not wear a lot of praises on the enclosure charges or holding a cultural heritage of our ancestors left behind and left of the natural heritage of God continue to increase the long run people must be the area to lose faith.
Effect of reflection after inscription
Disadvantages: the inscription of cost to establish the idea is too naive
Because of the inscription a cost, so we'll calculate the "cost of return." In the interview, the experts are not very optimistic about the inscription on the scenic effect immediately brought blowout. Chew sticks have been the subject statistics, China has 40 heritage projects, there are 65 World Heritage Sites, World Heritage List truly successful to achieve the desired effect of stimulating tourism, less than 40%, as the ancient city of Pingyao case quickly pull gdp effect is few.
Chen Xujun cited as evidence Kaiping Watchtower example: Kaiping Watchtower World Heritage List has not brought tourists after the blowout, after the traffic from the inscription as perfect, not integrated into a big brand and a strong tourism product, the lack of new ideas.
It is understood that the same is the world's heritage, the success of last year's declaration of Karst account if you count the economy, much of this year did not pay off. If you thought wearing the hat of the World Heritage tourists will flock, then underestimate the wisdom of the tourists.
Lee: focusing the world's eyes to urge protection
See, most experts still on the effect of inscription for hope. First, the inscription is an important events in the world, can play publicity. Chew sticks to the Beijing Olympics and the upcoming Asian Games comparison: "Hosting the Olympic Games, Asian Games is not to make money, the key is to attract the eyes of the world. Inscription whatever motive, but at least the result is the protection of heritage attention than before the. the core values of the Chinese heritage of Western experts, do the equivalent of a global advertising. "
Secondly, the "World Heritage" This hat can bring to the project itself, binding, UNESCO will regularly monitor the status of world heritage, do not meet the inscription once found in the original intent of the phenomenon, will be ordered to rectification or cancellation of its world heritage title. It is understood, Zhangjiajie and Lijiang are endangered because of over-exploitation of living condition, the rectification ordered by UNESCO.
Some experts hope the focus on the inscription of the world to see more Chinese cultural heritage value. Description and travel, as long as the cultural meaning behind the scenic mining, will be able to demonstrate the valuable heritage, do not have to apply for these names to the United Nations to head, the masses have sharp eyes, if they are good, it will light.
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Questions on the inscription
Inscription spending big, spend money gone?
It is understood that the Daanxia inscription the team leader, said Peng Hua told the newspaper "China Danxia" spent 10 Jige Yi, specifically, the inscription of the cost, including infrastructure and construction of supporting facilities such as roads altered and expanded, as well as comprehensive management of spent scenic, such as demolition and renovation of existing buildings and other eyesores on the landscape, in addition to the activities required fee, the participation fees. When reporters learned that in China alone has declared the 40 successful heritage, not all spent a huge amount, Biru Great Wall World Heritage List in 1987 did not spend much time and money, as scenic 本身 on has become relatively satisfactory .
Why more and more large projects inscription?
The past two years, more and more tied to declare the project. This is because the accreditation group on the World Heritage declared the project to tighten policy, so derived, such as "sub-carriers," "bundling inscription" and other countermeasures. The six provinces included in the Heritage List, while landform, but also created a new record tied the inscription.
Do not let the World Heritage
More and more "devaluation"
Compared to the attitude of the participants inscription, we are more concerned about people's thoughts. Adds the two World Heritage Sites in China, but to see the reaction of the public and the media is not always joyful, even people on the network sigh, "how inscription suddenly lukewarm?"
It should be recognized that the number of World Heritage in China than in other countries is still relatively small, so great efforts in China in recent years to fight for themselves. But now the inscription of "double-edged sword," increasingly clear that human and material cost of tickets immediately after the successful cap has reason to rise sharply, damage the public interest, people obviously are not willing. Moreover, the day when the "World Heritage" blossom everywhere in China, the world heritage is still everywhere so precious, whether we will, as expected crowds? The answer is clearly no.
Inscription of this is to protect, not against economic interests of the shortcut. We were unable to get to the bottom behind the system of defects, can only hope that the inscription can return to the most primitive starting point, through the public inscription of concern, improve government and people value the culture of human nature. Of course, the World Heritage List does not mean that after the feast, no amount of name first arrived, but its also exciting. Is not more content, such as mining, will be more scenic packaging is more depth. With full content, to talk about when ticket prices rise too late. After all, more and more mature visitors, we may not be so easy to name the first 忽悠.
Source: Guangzhou Daily
