Heritage is a place, object or practice valued for its history, culture or environment. Tourism is the activity and infrastructure that allows visitors to experience it. The same site may be a protected monument, an active shrine and a tourist destination, but those labels answer different questions. Amaravati has Buddhist remains and a living Amareswara temple; neither is identical to a modern capital-development plan using the same name. A site can attract visitors without a formal UNESCO designation, and a designation cannot prove that roads or visitor facilities are complete.

For AP Police exams, learn each place with four attributes: location, type, key association and administrative caution. Ask whether the source is describing archaeology, worship, ecology or a proposed tourism circuit. A district tourism page may be useful for current location but less authoritative than ASI for protected-monument status. Current temple notices govern entry routes and event arrangements, which can change annually. Avoid replacing a source's carefully qualified claim with a slogan such as “world famous” or “oldest” unless a specific comparison is documented.

Worked example: A poster calls a hill destination a 'heritage site' without saying whether it is protected by law. Separate three claims: the place attracts visitors, it has cultural or natural value, and a named authority has granted a legal status. A tourism brochure can support the first; an ASI, state archaeology or forest notification is needed for the third. Never infer protection from popularity.

Active recall: Give one AP site that is both a shrine and an archaeological subject. What extra document would prove its legal protection?