{"id":31906,"date":"2021-11-30T17:23:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T17:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31906"},"modified":"2021-11-30T17:23:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T17:23:13","slug":"worlds-first-unesco-digital-trail-launches-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31906","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s first UNESCO digital trail launches in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-31907\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VisitScotland_Digital_Trail_301121.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"322\" \/>Scotland&#8217;s UNESCO world heritage sites are being brought together through the world\u2019s first ever UNESCO digital trail.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: Visit Scotland website<\/em><\/h6>\n<h3><!--more--><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 trail connects the country\u2019s 13 place-based UNESCO designations, including World Heritage Sites\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Leisure Opportunities UK<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scotland launches world&#8217;s first\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leisureopportunities.co.uk\/sectors\/news\/UNESCO\">UNESCO<\/a>\u00a0digital trail<\/li>\n<li>Online initiative connects the country\u2019s 13 place-based UNESCO designations<\/li>\n<li>Trail has been designed to help boost Scotland\u2019s status as a world-leading tourism destination<\/li>\n<li>Will encourage visitors to make sustainable travel choices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The trail connects the country\u2019s 13 place-based UNESCO designations, including World Heritage Sites, Biospheres, Global Geoparks and Creative Cities to form a dedicated digital trail.<\/p>\n<p>Designed to boost Scotland\u2019s world-leading tourism credentials, the trail encourages visitors to stay longer and visit all year round by taking them on a cultural journey across the country, experiencing everything from history to science, music, design and literature to nature and cityscapes.<\/p>\n<p>It will also encourage visitors to make sustainable travel choices, explore more widely and, in turn, contribute to the sustainable quality of life of those communities surrounding the designated sites.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland is the first nation in the world to create such an initiative&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leisureopportunities.co.uk\/news\/New-digital-trail-to-link-Scotlands-UNESCO-sites-promote-sustainable-tourism\/348637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitscotland.com\/see-do\/unesco-trail\/designations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VisitScotland website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland&#8217;s UNESCO world heritage sites are being brought together through the world\u2019s first ever UNESCO digital trail. image: Visit Scotland website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31908,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31906\/revisions\/31908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}