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<strong>Perspectives</strong> on Heritage Tourism V. Anand Pillai has been a professional in the technical arts and entertainment industry for close to 15 years. He has worked in the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay in Singapore and also in Singapore’s first independent contemporary arts centre, The Substation – Home for the Arts. Anand founded the Technical Theatre Development Centre, and is currently organising Southeast Asia’s first Technical Theatre Symposium. He took part in the 7 th Bangkok Fringe Arts Festival (2005), and Bangkok Opera’s production of Die Walkure (2007), and is both an avid researcher on the history and collector of antiques related to His Majesty King Chulalongkorn The Great. 92
<strong>Perspectives</strong> on Heritage Tourism Wise Use of Heritage as Sustainable Tourism Resources 1 Pisit Charoenwongsa As the Director of SEAMEO-SPAFA, I am offering some of my thoughts on the many lessons that Thailand and SEAMEO-SPAFA have learnt in the wise use of heritage as sustainable tourism resources. Although SEAMEO-SPAFA’s regional programmes focus on many areas, including archaeology, fine arts, visual arts, art education, architecture, museology, performing arts, cultural resource management, cultural heritage management, and tourism, our overall vision is: “To instill pride in Southeast Asian heritage so that it is carefully managed and promoted through sustainable development programmes that directly benefit communities, and thus raise the quality of life of Southeast Asian people.” Naturally, as an avid advocate of the need to involve the local community in cultural tourism, grassroots schemes should be at the heart of any implementation of cultural tourism. 1 This paper was presented in the “Workshop on Branding Vietnam’s Tourism Image through World Culture of Heritages,” organised by the Pacific Asia Travel Association Vietnam Chapter in Danang, Vietnam, 30 May 2007. 93
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