Mission

  • Documenting with panographies - 360 degree imaging - sites registered as World Heritage by the UNESCO.
  • Dissemination of these panographies for documentation and promotion of the World Heritage issues.
  • Using multimedia techniques in an edutainment mode to raise awareness on the preservation of the World Heritage.
  • Promoting the notion of sustainable tourism in the head of local administration, tourists and travelers.

Purpose

  • Enhancing our knowledge of the world in order to improve peace and tolerance amongst people, not to mention using our collective skills as a means of promoting the values of peace and sharing the motto : "Tous parents, tous différents".
  • Raising attention on our planet, comparable to a small garden that belongs to all of us. <WHTour.org> offers a permanent window to this garden, stressing a prerequisite for its care and attention.

Please also look at the organization's charter : the original in French [ PDF 50KB ] or its translation into English [ PDF 250KB ].

Toronto Manifesto

  1. Humanity without historical memory is lost and dangerous.
  2. Historical treasures constitute a common property, a global memory and inheritance.
  3. This network of historical value represents a new wealth for the entire world.
  4. Preservation is essential to the future well-being of the world and is a vital seed bed for the future growth of human imagination. Preservation and conservation are not simply physical, they require education and communication.
  5. A balance between historic deep time and global electronic time needs to be created to promote human understanding and belonging.
  6. There must be economic and social rewards for conservation and preservation. Economic rewards can be structured a "specific" value that can be exchanged with other commodities in the global finance structure. Social value stems from tolerance and continuity.
  7. Punishments for destruction or illicit commerce can be part of the conduct of the World Court based on the proposed elaboration of the Hague Conventions.

Please download full text [ PDF 200KB ].