Heritage Explorer | Historic Hendersonville North Carolina | Historic Flat Rock | Visitors' Guide | Travel Info

Cultural Tourism Professionals, Developers, Preservationists, and
All People Who Enjoy CULTURAL and HERITAGE TOURISM RESOURCES
Want To PROTECT, CONNECT, and PROMOTE Them Worldwide.

With HeritageEXPLORER you can . . .

Bring your Cultural Heritage Attractions and Events into the COLLECTIVE MEMORY

MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE internally, to your cultural heritage tourism partners, or to the world via the Internet

UPDATE INFORMATION - Any Time - Any Where - Online via the Internet

Manage and EVALUATE your Heritage Assets, including assessing market readiness or renovation costs

COMMUNICATE and share information with your partners

Manage CONTACT INFORMATION on your partners and cultural assets

Provide MORE DETAILED INFORMATION , including hours of operation, admission fees, handicap accessibility, etc.

LINK INVENTORY RECORDS to member/partner organizations or other knowledge products

ARCHIVE oral histories, historic and current photographs, architectural drawings, blue prints, maps, artifacts, activities, and places that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and present;

LINK to other databases that contain special collections located in libraries, archives, museums, historic sites, or other cultural institutions

Cultural and Heritage Assets are recognized worldwide as important tourism attractions. A thorough inventory of the natural, historic and cultural sites in your community is the first step towards preserving and developing them into attractions.

HeritageEXPLORER, is a web-based tool that will help you to inventory, protect, develop, and enhance your cultural and heritage assets, including:

Natural and Environmental Tourism Assets (scenic byways, scenic views, greenways and trails, open areas, gardens, waterfalls, forests, etc.)

Cultural and Historic Tourism Assets (historic buildings, monuments, historic places, historic tours, archaeological sites, graveyards, art galleries, crafts, native folklore, museums, farms, theaters, musical performances, etc.)

Cultural Tourism Events & Festivals (site seeing tours, community celebrations, bike tours, street dances, festivals, craft shows, concerts, drama productions, hay rides, etc.)

Parks & Recreational Tourism Assets (wildlife viewing opportunities, hiking, picnicking, kayaking, bird watching, forests, game lands, county and municipal parks, boys and girls camps, etc.)

AgriTourism, Fishing & AquaCulture Tourism Assets (farms, gardens, horticultural education, apple orchards, apple blossom and harvest tours, etc.)

Other Cultural Heritage Tourism Assets (example: HeritagePEOPLE, HeritageSTORIES, the oldest something, the first something, government buildings, observation towers, special library collections, unique bridge, handcrafted and handcrafted industries, etc.)

Cultural Heritage Tourism Resources (partners, organizations, and governmental entities that provide assistance or other heritage tourism related resources, etc.)

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