TripAdvisor Asks Travelers to Comment on World Heritage Sites
TripAdvisor is asking its 25 million monthly visitors to help in its campaign to protect World Heritage Sites as “the world’s most important places.”
TripAdvisor has pledged $1.5 million to suppport the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, and is asking its visitors to provide comments about the condition of nearly 900 sites. Travelers can learn more about how to help at www.tripadvisor.com/worldheritage.
In a survey of more than 2,500 U.S. respondents, TripAdvisor listed the 10 sites they are most concerned about preserving and protecting.
In order, they were the Galapagos Islands, Grand Canyon National Park, Yellowstone National Park, the Acropolis in Athens, Yosemite National Park, Venice and its lagoon, Redwood national and state parks, the Statue of Liberty, the old city of Jerusalem and its walls and Stonehenge, Avebury and associated sites.
Seventy-two percent of the respondents said they would do more to help protect sites of historical, cultural or natural significance if they had information on how they could help.
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Tom Uhlenbrock has been roaming the Midwest for eons, looking for rivers to float, wineries to visit, trails to hike, saloons to haunt, cozy places to stay. Let's share, and advice is free. 
The Galapagos Islands are the most incredible living museum of evolutionary changes, with a huge variety of exotic species (birds, land animals, plants) and landscapes not seen anywhere else.
I think the most important thing is to make your complaints directly with the highest level of management in a very calm and professional tone. Screaming, overstating the case, or threatening only makes you look like a hothead and costs you your credibility. I usually try to think of something nice to say about the room, so that they know I am being fair-minded, but then I am firm about what I’m unwilling to tolerate. It’s important to give them some kind of graceful out, if you can—people who feel attacked only go stronger on the defensive.