Friday, 23 September 2011

Stop Unbridled Heritage Marketing Behind Pattanam

Tourism destroys historical and environmental  heritage. The Kodungallur region is rich in archaeological sites as well as temples, mosques, synagogues and churches. Spiritual places have their ethical value.Uncontrolled tourism   named by the government as Muziris Heritage Project  can threaten the existence of ecology and  population in the region . Let  spiritual places continue as they existed in Muziris  since last  one thousand years. Nothing threatened their survival except colonial powers. Let archaeological excavations take place but not under biased and communal  ideologies as it  happens in Pattanam..Tourism as a possible source of revenue can be disastrous for the culture of a place.Many heritage sites in the world have been subject to the disasters of unbridled heritage marketing.

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