Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Teide Passes First Phase for UNESCO Recognition
The Ministry of Culture announced that the Teide National Park in Tenerife has passed the first phase towards being recognized for special protection by UNESCO in 2007. Of 82 candidates presented by various countries, among them Teide and the Pyrenees, 45 have been selected. Representatives of UNESCO will decide in January 2007, if the Teide National Park is to be declared a World Heritage Site. The Garajonay National Park in La Gomera was declared a World Heritage Site in 1986, as was the City of La Laguna in Tenerife, in 1999. The Canary Islands government has been working since 2002 preparing the presentation to convince UNESCO that Teide deserves this classification. The important volcanic landscape receives more than 3.5 million visitors per year.
El Teide supera la primera fase para ser declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad
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