| Summary: | UNESCOS World Heritage Committee has given its support to thefederal and state government decisions that the Tasmanian WildernessWorld Heritage Area country is to be jointly managed with Aboriginalpeople, stating that the agreement is exemplary. The World Heritage Committee, in its annual meeting in Turkey, has required that a detailedcultural values assessment be undertaken over the next two years and that TasmanianAboriginal people be heavily involved in the Tourism Master Plan. However, the time gapbetween the cultural values assessment and the application of those findings for a TourismMaster Plan needs to be addressed. What is of particular concern, and noted by the World Heritage Committee at the same meetingin regards to Canadas First Nations people, is the trend towards Disneyfication and thedistortion of genuine traditions by contemporary groups for therapeutic purposesmasquerading as tourism.
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