Autor: Matthias Ripp

EDITORS: KURT LUGER is holder of the UNESCO Chair “Cultural Heritage and Tourism” and professor of Transcultural Communication at the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Salzburg. Recent publications: Media Culture Tourism (2018); Alpine Travels (ed. with Franz Rest, 2017); Tourism and Mobile Leisure (ed. with Roman Egger, 2015); Culture, Tourism and Development in the Himalayas (2014); The Endangered City – Strategies for Humane Building in Salzburg (ed. with Christoph Ferch, 2014); Cultural Heritage and Tourism (ed. with Karlheinz Wöhler, 2010); World Heritage and Tourism (ed. with Karlheinz Wöhler 2008). MATTHIAS RIPP holds a degree in Historical Geography from Bamberg University. Since 2007 he has been the world heritage coordinator of the “Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof” site. He is active in numerous networks such as Heritage Europe and ICOMOS. He coordinated the EU Her O (Heritage as Opportunity) project and chairs the UNESCO world heritage working group on historic city centres of the German Association of Cities. Since November 2011 he has also been regional coordinator for the North West European and North-American region of the Organisation of Heritage Heritage Cities (OWHC).