'Introduction to heritage tourism\r'

'In blue Ireland hereditary pattern tourism leaders can be classified in many an(prenominal) different ways. These accept manmade but not build to attract tourists attractive forces, manmade and decl are oneself built to attract tourists attractions, natural attractions and can too be applied to special events. It is hoped that this seminar will wait on people to gain a wider understanding and perceptivity of inheritance tourism and the efforts of the bodies who do so much(prenominal) resplendent manoeuvre in order to nurse and preserve Yankee Irelands rich heritage attractions.\r\nManmade but not built to attract tourist heritage attractions include the Walls of Derry which were built in 1613 to nurture the inhabitants from unconnected enemies. They fulfilled their inclination during the besieging by the Jacobites and defended the city for more than than than a vitamin C days until the siege ended. Another example of a heritage attraction is St Columbs Cath edral, built in 1633 and was the first cathedral in the British Isles to be built after the Reformation. Today, corresponding the Walls, they are the citys al virtually popular tourist attraction and receive hundreds of tourists a year .However the Cathedral is palliate apply to worship in. The Walls are owned by the Honourable The Irish Society but are looked after by the surround and heritage swear out.\r\nManmade and purpose built to attract tourist attractions include the jerk Museum, which was built in 1992, which has displays on the early chronicle of Derry, the Siege and the role it played during World fight Two. Another example of this is the Ulster American Folk common in Tyrone which was primarily built as an educational facility. It was built in the late 1970s to celebrate the joined States bicentenary in 1976. It is owned by MAGNI (National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland) which looks after all the museums and poses in its care.\r\n innate(p) attract ions include the Giants causeway in County Antrim which was formed 60 five hoagieion years ago by the cooling of magma into its unique hexagonal shapes. It is perhaps the subtitle of Finn MacCool forming the supply that is perhaps more interesting than the factual formation. It is as well as the solo World Heritage billet in Ireland having been made so in 1986.\r\n spare heritage attractions include the Halloween fete and the Maiden city Festival in Derry. The Maiden City festival was first held in 1997 and has had an extremely successful secede each subsequent year. It embraces both sides of the community and has helped both sides to gain a better understanding of the others culture. The Banks of the Foyle Halloween funfair has had perhaps an even more successful run. It won the Northern Ireland Tourist Boards â€Å"Event of the Year” grant in 2002. To tie in with the festivities are phantom tours somewhat the city and story telling in the Tower Museum.\r\n095 0- The National self-reliance\r\nThe National combine was established in 1895 by Robert Hunter, Octavia Hill and Hardwicke Rawnsley to â€Å" forethought” the threatened coastlines, earthside and diachronic buildings of the United Kingdom. They had been concerned with the worked up development and industrialisation of the Victorian Era. Since 1884 Hunter had been affair for the establishment of an organization to â€Å"administer its property with a view to the protection of the public interests in splay spaces.”\r\nIn over a hundred years it has become the largest independent conservation body in the world and now owns more than twain hundred historic buildings , more than six hundred constant of gravitation acres of countryside and more than five hundred miles of coastline. Its briny aim is, and always has been, to â€Å" of importtain and care for the coast, countryside and historic buildings on behalf of the nation”.\r\nIn Northern Ireland the thin k owns almost fifty different properties spread round the country .These include support Stewart in County work through which is one of the self-reliances more popular properties in Northern Ireland. The property not only includes some of the most magnificent gardens in Northern Ireland but to a fault objects of historical significance. The dining room features the actual chairs that were use by the delegates in the Congress of Vienna in 1815. The house in like manner contains priceless paintings which were collected by members of the family over several centuries.\r\nThe Dining Room Mount Stewart\r\nAnother popular property is Florencecourt in County Fermanagh. It was previously the home of the Enniskillen family and was given to the National Trust by the fifth Earl of Enniskillen in 1953. It is in any case of natural greatness as on its grounds is the first Yew steer was planted here in 1767. The land some the house is owned by the Forest suffice which purchased the lan d from the sixth Earl of Enniskillen in 1975.\r\nFlorence Court, County Fermanagh\r\nIn County Antrim the Trust owns the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge. It was primarily used as a way for fishermen to Carrick-a-Rede Island. Over one hundred pace tourists visit the bridge every year. It is also an excellent place to view porpoises, dolphins and basking sharks.\r\nCarrick- a-Rede Rope Bridge\r\nThe Giants Causeway is the most popular heritage attraction in Northern Ireland and is the only UNESCO World Heritage come in in Ireland. More than five hundred gibibyte tourists a year visit the area from around the world. Over sixty jillion years doddering it was formed by lava flowing into the sea and stepwise cooling and hardening. In 2002 the Giants Causeway and Bushmills Railway heart-to-heart more than fifty years after its precursor the Giants Causeway, Portrush and Bush Valley Tramway closed. The line runs from the Giants Causeway to Bushmills. The Causeway is also an important are a for ridiculouslife including mobile falcons and a rare species of bird known as chough. The Causeway is the last known area in Northern Ireland for these birds to inhabit.\r\nThe Giants Causeway\r\nThe Trust also owns and manages the Mourne Mountains specifically Slieve Donard and Slieve Commedagh. Slieve Donard is Northern Irelands highest mountain standing at a majestic 850 metres. The Trust has only owned these two mountains since 1991 and, since it is a charity, it had to use its own notes to taint them. It managed to raise enough money through a fundraising campaign and bought over a thousand acres. The Mournes let an abundance of wildlife including ravens, hares and rare dragonflies.\r\nSlieve Donard and Slieve Commedagh\r\nThe Trust also owns and cares for sites that rifle to Northern Irelands industrial heritage such as Pattersons Spade Mill in County Antrim. It operated from 1919 to 1990 and was purchased by the Trust in 1992. It is the last working water-powered sp ade mill in the British Isles. The spades are still purchasable for purchase at around twenty pounds.\r\n1010- The Environment and Heritage Service\r\nThe Environment and Heritage Service is the largest department in the Department of the Environment with more than five hundred personnel. It advises and implements the Governments policy on the surroundings in Northern Ireland. Their main aim is â€Å"to protect and economize the natural and built environment and to put forward its appreciation for the benefit of present and future generations.”\r\n single of the areas the EHS cares for includes Scrabo Tower and Country Park in County Down. It was built in 1857 in memory of the 3rd marquess of Londonderry (who also owned Mount Stewart) and can be seen for miles around. There is also a disused exploit where the famous Scrabo Rock was extracted and exported to other areas of the United Kingdom.\r\nThe EHS also cares for Roe Valley Country Park in County Antrim. It is home t o a wide variety of wildlife including foxes, badgers and otters. The park is also a popular place for amusement including salmon and trout fishing, canoeing rock climbing, orienteering and riverside and woodland walks.\r\nThey also look after Dunluce Castle in County Antrim which was built in the late 16th century. The incident in 1639 in which the kitchen fell into the sea is what the Castle is most renowned for.\r\nCarrickfergus Castle, Bellaghy Bawn, Ballycopeland Windmill, Dundrum Castle, Inch abbey, Grey Abbey and Hillsborough Courthouse.\r\nOther country parks and countryside centres the EHS cares for include Portrush, Countryside Centre, Castle Archdale County Park, Ervey Wood and cape Wood.\r\nScrabo Tower and Country Park\r\nDunluce Castle\r\nGreenpeace\r\nGreenpeace had its beginnings in 1971 when several people protested at the USA detonating resistivity nuclear bombs in a area used by rare otters near Alaska. It has grown in the last thirty years and has over 2.8 mill ion supporters around the world. It operates in more than forty countries and has its render in Amsterdam.\r\nGreenpeaces latest triumph has been in put pressure on the World Heritage charge to add Lake Baikal (the largest fresh water lake in the world) and the Volcanoes of Kamchatka in Russia to the list of World Heritage sites. More than xii million hectares will now be preserved. Greenpeace also successfully put pressure on the WHC to curb the Komi Virgin Forests in the Urals a World Heritage Site.\r\n1100-The Wildlife Trust\r\nIt is the United Kingdoms largest conservation charity given over to wildlife. No member of the combine is paid as all of its members volunteer to help the Trust. The Trust cares for more than two thousand nature reserves. There were quadruple hundred thousand voluntary members of the Trust in 2002 and the member is still growing. Membership costs �24 a year for one person and �36 per annum for a family membership. They have 4 7 local trusts and a trust for children known as the Wildlife Watch who work together to protect wildlife in different areas from cities to the countryside particularly in national and country parks. The local trust in Northern Ireland is the Ulster Wildlife Trust and was founded in 1978. In Northern Ireland there are more than 2000 members of the Trust. Their main aim is to â€Å"help people recognise that a healthy environment, rich in wildlife and managed on sustainable principles, is essential for continued human existence.”\r\nWWF\r\nThe World commodious Fund for Natures main aims are to protect and conserve endangered species and to address global threats to wildlife. However it only works to protect animals in the wild and has â€Å"no experience or expertise to deal with issues relating to animals in captivity. Whereas the larger organisation works on world(prenominal) issues relating to animals the UK organisation work to look after the countries wild animals. It can be involved in many matters affecting wildlife such as challenging the regimen on the destruction of the countryside. It also puts forward the effects of tourism in wildlife. Unlike other heritage organisations it owns no property and therefore has more money to spend.\r\n'