Going Green 8. Eco-Tourism

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on holiday, but there is also the worry that your tourism is damaging them. The UNESCO World Heritage List features 830 sites which have 'outstanding 1)............ (universe) value' around the world. It includes the Great Wall of China, the Galopagos Islands, the Florida Everglades and the Tower of London. Many of these places are officially endangered, however UNESCO names four heritage sites which have been 2)...............(success) restored and are no longer on the endangered list, making them fantastic holiday destinations. They are:

3)........(archaeology) sites. It is the remains of the ancient capital of the Khmer Empire and dates from the 9th to the 15th centuries. You can still see brick towers and huge stone temples among the ruins. Recently, it has suffered from 4).........(legal) excavation and looting, but with the extensive preservation and 5)........(restore) work, it is no longer in danger.

see beautiful Gothic and Renaissance 6)........(architect) and an ancient fort whose walls run around the whole city. It was 7)...........(severe) damaged in the war in the 1990s, but the fronts of the Franciscan and Dominican monasteries and churches have been restored and the palaces have been rebuilt, so the old city is once more a wonderful place to visit.

operating since the 13th century. It has got 300 km of natural galleries filled with works of art, statues sculpted from salt, animal and plant fossils, tools and pottery.

8)........... (preserve) have been working for almost ten years to save them from the damp conditions. They were successful and the site is out of danger. Visitors can now go 135 metres underground.