Category: UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Only a few places in the world bear the coveted UNESCO seal of approval: the conferral of World Heritage status on a site by the United Nations

The definition of a World Heritage Site is quite straightforward, notably a place, of outstanding cultural and/or natural value to humankind. Most tourists to SE Asia are aware of

Irrespective the geographic area or country of interest, a tourist browsing through a guidebook almost certainly will come across what is called a “World Heritage

Sitting on a stone block on the top terrace of Borobudur temple, watching members of an Indonesian school group photograph each other beside statues of the Buddha, it