After becoming an UNESCO World Heritage Site (1999)
Becoming a World Heritage Site marks vigorous changes in every aspect of Hoi An town.
Acknowledged of its potentiality in tourism, its fame as a world heritage site, given the fact that
tourism was doing well in the town at that time, Hoi An authority had more firm reasons to
continue a master project for Hoi An tourism developing plan that has been built for the period
of 1995-2010. One slogan of this master project is “Let relic affords for itself” which is very
meaningful and compatible with the approach of sustainability in heritage management: using
tourism to support and ensure for the long-term preservation of cultural heritages. Aims of this
project are giving the best conditions for tourism development in the town, striving for Hoi An to
become an international tourist destination in near future and at the same time, contributing to
the growth of local economy and safeguarding for cultural heritages: