He also proposes to create or expand four natural areas as National Parks including the Troodos Mountain range, the Kyrenia Mountain range, the Akamas and the Karpas peninsulas. His plan for cultural enhancement calls for five historical districts within existing urban centers designated World Heritage Sites, and that several historical structures be designated world Heritage Buildings. Preserve and conserve the natural resources especially high ground, forests, habitats, and aquifers. Conserve and restore historic and cultural resources especially ancient site, historic buildings, and historic districts in urban center and rural villages. Religious places, structures and artifacts are essential to preserve, conserve, and restore.
Religion is in many cases at the heart of ancient civilizations.
In his studies in Portugal he was able to link the natural and cultural environment together and package them as tourism attractions. There attractions, because their economic worth, were worthy of protection, conservation and restoration in the Portugal studies. Professor Bowen's work on development in environmentally sensitive areas began some years ago in studies he conducted in the Cayman Islands. In these studies tourism was linked to environmental damage and this damage was linked to deterioration of coral reefs, the very roots that created the tourism demand were being destroyed by development practices which created tourist accommodations and vacation activities. He tenned the phenomia the development dilemma or cycle of decline for high visitation tourist areas.