There are various obvious clues that summer has arrived in full: the end of the school year; the inevitable travel chaos at our main airports; traffic jams on the way to Cornwall.

Bavarian palaces, imperial tombs in China and memorials to Khmer Rouge victims are among the sites being recognized by the United Nations agency.

The Trump administration intends to withdraw the U.S. from the organization, just two years after it rejoined after a five-year absence.

"Continued involvement in UNESCO is not in the national interest of the United States," a State Department spokeswoman said in the statement, also adding that "UNESCO works to advance divisive social and cultural causes and maintains an outsized focus on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals,

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee met in Paris this month to add to its list of cultural sites around the world deemed to be of “outstanding value to humanity.” The 26 new sites reflect the wide range encompassed by UNESCO’s criteria.

Port Royal is Jamaica's second World Heritage Site, with the first being the Blue and John Crow Mountains, a rugged and forested area in the country's east, which served as a refuge and hideout for people fleeing slavery. That site was listed by UNESCO in 2015.

UNESCO has announced 26 breathtaking new World Heritage sites, and one of them stands out with its gorgeous surroundings fairytale-like wonder. The organisation adds to the list areas of the globe it thinks hold "outstanding value to humanity" by combining the preservation of human history, nature, and culture.

The answer is now 1,248 landmarks, spanning across more than 170 countries after recent additions to the list. To continue reading, log in or subscribe.

Some tour operators hope a UNESCO listing of the Murujuga Cultural Landscape can help the Pilbara shake its mining reputation.

One of the world’s biggest assemblages of rock art at Murujuga in Western Australia’s Pilbara has been granted World Heritage status.