Sustainable Tourism for Development
UNESCO Club Vienna in partnership with the
Family Abensberg und Traun
Exhibition “The Power of Nature”, 24 June to 23 July 2017
http://www.atelier-hoerler.com/
UNESCO Club Vienna in partnership with the
Family Abensberg und Traun
Exhibition “The Power of Nature”, 24 June to 23 July 2017
http://www.atelier-hoerler.com/
St John the Baptist Chapel, Petronell Carnuntum in collaboration with Landgasthaus-Hotel Marc Aurel, the Winegrowers Association of Petronell and Maria Petrak Promotions
Included on the Celebrations Map and Calendar for the 2017 IYSTD Report of the International Year to the United Nations General Assembly.
The Roman Empire, in its territorial extent, was one of the greatest empires the world has known. Substantial remains survive (clockwise from the west) in the UK, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. Starting on the western coast of northern Britain, the frontier in Europe then ran along the rivers Rhine and Danube, looping round the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. The eastern frontier, stretching from the Black Sea to the Red Sea and running through mountains, great river valleys and the desert. To the south, Rome’s protective cordon embraced Egypt and then ran along the northern edge of the Sahara Desert to the Atlantic shore in Morocco.
Two of the most important transnational communications routes of the Roman Empire in Europe were the transnational West-East running Limes road and the North-South leading Amber route. The Amber route crossed the Danube in the Carnuntum region and acted as one of the most important springboards for diplomatic and political interventions as well as for people, culture and technology transfer between the Roman Empire and the tribal territories in the North (Barbaricum). The Frontiers of the Roman Empire, including the region of Carnuntum, is on the UNESCO World Heritage Site Tentative List (Date of Submission: 09/02/2015).
In 2014 Carnuntum received the first "European Cultural Heritage Seal" from the European Commission. The main tourist attractions are the Archaeological Park Carnuntum and the National Park Donau-Auen. The exhibition, the Power of Nature, aims to increase awareness among all stakeholders — including tourists — of the impact of travel and tourism on society and the environment.
Abensberg und Traun (now usually written Abensperg-Traun) is the name of one of the oldest extant aristocratic families in Central Europe (in the photo above on the left). The Trauns are one of the 12 so-called "Apostle Houses", i.e. the families which had already played a historical role during the period of Babenberg rule of Austria (976 to 1246). To this day, the family owns large estates in Austria, as well as a number of castles and fortresses and present a model for creating sustainable synergies with respect to land use for agriculture and development while supporting ecologically sustainable tourism and preservation of cultural heritage in Petronell-Carnuntum. Indeed parts of the reconstructed buildings of the Archaeological Part are on their lands. The family is also a partner of the National Park Donau-Auen.
On exhibit are the chromatograms and water colours of local artist Mathilde Hoerler collated in collaboration with plant expert Karl Hillebrand, lecturer at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna member of the Euroleague for Life Sciences university network (in the photo above).
The exhibition features photo collage panels to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the National Park Donau-Auen. An initiative of the UNESCO Club Vienna and the Austrian Kazakh Association “Towards ASTANA 2017” World EXPO.
The list of Special Ambassadors representing the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development consists of the following dignitaries:
– Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of Samoa
– Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia
– Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia
– Mai bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa, President of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities
– Simeon II of Bulgaria
– Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman of the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization
– Huayong Ge, CEO of UnionPay
– Michael Frenzel, President of the Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry
The venue of the exhibition is the Romanesque chapel dedicated to St John the Baptist dating back to the 12th century which is owned by the Family Abensberg und Traun and is near the entrance to the Archaeological Park Carnuntum.
The exhibition will run until 23 July 2017 in collaboration with the Marc Aurel Hotel and the Winegrowers Association of Petronell. The exhibition was opened by Zsuzsa Abu-Nagy on Harp with an introduction to the theme of Nature and Music. More photos can be found on Google album.
Some tips for sustainable tourism:
This is what every tourist can do to reduce environmental impact by being a guardian of natural resources especially forests and wetlands:
1. Respect wildlife and their natural habitats.
2. Purchase products that aren’t made using endangered plants or animals.
3. In protected areas, access only the places open to visitors.
4. Reduce your water and energy consumption whenever possible.
5. Leave only a minimum footprint and a good impression behind.
Juli 04, 2017
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