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Vlkolinec’s Neighbors Question Their Unesco World Heritage Status Due to Tourist Pressure

Vlkolínec, a small village in northern Slovakia with only 14 permanent inhabitants, has become the center of an unusual debate in the field of cultural heritage, where some of its neighbours want to renounce the status of World Heritage granted by UNESCO in 1993. The reason is not the loss of historical value, but the growing tourist massification that, according to them, has deteriorated their daily life. Located about seven kilometers from the…
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Vlkolínec, a small village in northern Slovakia with only 14 permanent inhabitants, has become the center of an unusual debate in the field of cultural heritage, where some of its neighbours want to renounce the status of World Heritage granted by UNESCO in 1993. The reason is not the loss of historical value, but the growing tourist massification that, according to them, has deteriorated their daily life. Located about seven kilometers from the…

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Hosteltur: Toda la información de turismo broke the news in on Tuesday, February 10, 2026.
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