Introduction
WHAT ?
<WHTour.org> is a non-profit organization documenting the UNESCO World Heritage List in panographies - interactive 360 x 180 degree imaging. Please read our organization's mission and purpose.
Today 300 sites have been visited : 260 are available on this web site and 40 are currently in post-production and will soon be uploaded. Out of these 300 sites, 221 are World Heritage sites (25% of all 878 registered by UNESCO - 1665 panographies), 14 are on the World Monuments Fund Watch List (71 panographies) and 65 are additions by <WHTour.org> (193 panographies). Altogether there are 1929 panographies.
WHERE ?
Please jump to the planisphere to check out available sites. Please sign up to get notified when new locations are added.
WHEN ?
This project is steadily growing since July 2001 and will need years to complete.
WHO ?
Tito Dupret, assisted by Bijuan Chen, is the engine of the organization. <WHTour.org> is alive thanks to the J.M. Kaplan Fund, the donors and the staff.
WHY ?
This is for those who are unable to travel for whatever reason, and also a legacy to future generations. Soon documentation and reproduction will be the only ways to see, enjoy and share many past glories that are slowly disappearing because of climate change and natural disasters [ ex. Sundarbans in Bangladesh ] + illegal trade by logging, looting, poaching [ ex. Chitwan in Nepal ] + mass tourism and travel industrialization [ ex. Jiuzhaigou in China ] + mismanagement, wrong policies, lack of funds [ ex. Great wall in China ] + modernity with fast development, leaving or growing populations [ ex. Rice terraces in the Philippines ] + political instability, conflict and war [ ex. Bamiyan in Afghanistan ] + pollution [ ex. Temple of heaven in China ].