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Preserving Our Past Seabourn’s partnership with UNESCO ensures a prescient vision for cultural relevance. BY JIMMY IM In 1977, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) found beautiful parts of the world so significant that it aimed to preserve them. UNESCO established the first World Heritage Committee which, in 1978, inscribed 12 breathtaking, cultural places to the first UNESCO World Heritage List. Forty years later, there are more than 1,000 locations that inspire travelers every day. 42
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UNESCO is the Academy Awards for travel destinations; making the list is highly competitive and the criteria is strict. Selected places prove exceptional testimony to culture and have aesthetic importance. As such, viewing the sites is a once-ina-lifetime experience—and there’s no better way to reach them than a Seabourn cruise. Via a unique partnership with UNESCO, Seabourn Journeys curates land-based extensions pre- and post-cruise that take guests to appointed, awe-inspiring sites, including World Heritage sites that can’t be accessed on a single-day excursion. Seabourn fosters similar values as UNESCO in promoting sustainable tourism, which is pivotal to the success of its journeys. Guests not only explore treasured UNESCO sites (many in just one itinerary), but in addition, dedicated onboard experts give lectures on what makes the sites so impressive, precious, and protected. Seabourn celebrates UNESCO World
