Laos calls for tourism investment to tap into new World Heritage
Lao province calls for tourism investment to tap into new World Heritage
Mayor of Xieng Khuang province, Laos, Bounton Chanthaphone has called for both domestic and foreign investors to develop tourism in the province to tap into the Plain of Jars, which was named a World Heritage site by UNESCO earlier this month.
A view of the Plain of Jars, which is named a World Heritage site by UNESCO. (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – Mayor of Xieng Khuangprovince, Laos, Bounton Chanthaphone has called for both domestic and foreigninvestors to develop tourism in the province to tap into the Plain of Jars,which was named a World Heritage site by UNESCO earlier this month.
Xieng Khuang also plans to educate the locals on thevalue of the Plain of Jars and how to together preserve the megalithicarchaeological landscape, Chanthaphone told a news conference held by theMinistry of Information, Culture and Tourism in Vientiane on July 25 toannounce the UNESCO recognition.
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee declared the Plain ofJars as a World Heritage site on July 6 during its 43rd session which tookplace in Baku, the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan from June 30 –July 10.
Laos had made many efforts over the last 20 years toconduct field surveys and complete nomination applications to submit to theUNESCO World Heritage Committee for the Plain of Jars to achieve the status,according to the minister.
He thanked countries and international experts who havesupported Laos in this two-decade process.
The Plain of Jars, located in Xieng Khuang Plateau, northeastern Laos, gets its name from more than 2,100tubular-shaped megalithic stone jars used for funerary practices in the IronAge, according to UNESCO.
This serial site of 15 components contains largecarved stone jars, stone discs, secondary burials, tombstones, quarries andfunerary objects dating from 500 BCE to 500 CE. The jars and associatedelements are the most prominent evidence of the Iron Age civilisation that madeand used them until it disappeared, around 500 CE.
It is Laos’ third World Heritage after the old Town of Luang Prabang, inscribed in 1995, followed by Vat Phou andAssociated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape in 2001.–VNA
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A view of the Plain of Jars, which is named a World Heritage site by UNESCO. (Photo: VNA)
