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Auflistung nach Schlagwort "Sustainable tourism"

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  • Konferenzbeitrag
    Cultural Continuity in Crisis: The Interaction of Virtual Tourism and Heritage Culture in War-torn Sudan
    (INFORMATIK 2024, 2024) Tahir, Gabass M.; Elkhalifa, Akram A.
    Since April 2023, Sudan has been embroiled in a devastating war, resulting in the loss of much significant cultural heritage all over the country. This study aims to explore how virtual travel and digital tools can help preserve Sudan’s cultural heritage by leveraging technology. The methodology included a literature review, digitalization case studies, and qualitative methods, such as interviews with cultural heritage and tourism experts. The study discussed how Sudan could use digital tools during the conflict to preserve its cultural heritage, one of the key results of this study is the digitization process to preserve Sudanese cultural heritage through and after the conflict for future generations. The call to digitize the remaining non-destructed heritage sites is essential through VR, digital technologies, 3D scanners, photogrammetry applications, and digital platforms to share it with a global audience.
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    Using Digitization of the architectural heritage of old Mosul in promoting sustainable tourism/ideas and proposals for application
    (INFORMATIK 2024, 2024) Taha, Ahmed
    The old city of Mosul has a rich architectural heritage. Despite the destruction that war left on the city’s buildings and architecture, benefiting from this architectural and cultural heritage and using it to promote sustainable tourism remains one of the most important solutions for sustainable development. Still, despite this benefit from architectural heritage, tourism faces many challenges, most notably security concerns. The lack of adequate infrastructure for heritage tourism, and the limited access of tourists to the city. Also, there is a lack of information and awareness of the city’s architectural heritage. This study aims to present ideas and proposals to enhance the tourism aspects of old Mosul by taking advantage of the digitization of the architectural heritage and using virtual travel technology to implement virtual travel initiatives in the city. In addition, it mentions the most important challenges facing the application of virtual tours and ways to overcome them.