ABSTRACT
Researchers in both the developed and the developing worlds have paid a lot of attention to the resource conservation aspect of heritage, which is realized mainly through heritage tourism (Du Cros 2001; Hall and McArthur 1993; McKercher, Ho and Du Cros 2005; Nuryanti 1996; Stubbs 2004; Timothy and Boyd 2003). Intervention by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in the form of the World Heritage Convention, while enhancing economic significance through international tourism, has exacerbated the intrinsic tension and dissonance in World Heritage designation, especially for local communities.
