There is no more prestigious designation in Travel than the UN’s “World Heritage Site” list, and the 34th meeting of the World Heritage team has added 21 places to those already honored with the designation of “World Heritage Site”  (which can also be removed from a location if the cultural, scenic, or other values disappear).

New World Heritage sites for 2010 are as follows – links to UNESCO information at the official website:

The new sites on the World Heritage List of Sites in Danger are (in alphabetical order):

• Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery (Georgia)
• Rainforests of Atsinanana (Madagascar)
• Tombs of Buganda Kings (Uganda)
• Everglades National Park (United States of America)

The new mixed site is:

• Papahānaumokuākea (United States of America)

The new cultural sites are:

• Australian Convict Sites (Australia)
• São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristovão (Brazil)
• Historic Monuments of Dengfeng, in the “Centre of Heaven and Earth” (China)
• Episcopal City of Albi (France)
• Jantar Mantar (India)
• Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil (Islamic Republic of Iran)
• Tabriz Historical Bazaar Complex (Islamic Republic of Iran)
• Bikini Atoll, Nuclear Test Site (Marshall Islands)
• Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Mexico)
• Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca (Mexico)
• Seventeenth-century Canal Ring Area inside the Singelgracht, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
• Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong (Republic of Korea)
• At Turaif District in ad-Dir’iyah (Saudi Arabia)
• Proto-Urban site of Sarazm (Tajikistan)
• Imperial Citadel of Thang Long-Hanoi (Viet Nam)

The new natural sites are:

• China Danxia (China)
• Pitons, Cirques and Remparts of Reunion Island (France)
• Phoenix Islands Protected Area (Kiribati)
• Putorana Plateau (Russian Federation)
• Central Highlands of Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/647