Objectives
Field SitesKnowledge ManagementScience for GovernanceTraining and EducationThemes
Coastal HazardsCoastal PeopleCritical Coastal HabitatsFisheriesMaricultureTourismUrban CoastsWater Quality and SupplyApproaches
Capacity BuildingCoastal Plans & PoliciesConstituency BuildingEcosystem GovernanceEvaluation for LearningIncorporating ScienceProtected Areas
Tourism
Tourism has become the world’s biggest industry and the majority of the tourist destinations and tourism infrastructure are coastal. Coastal tourism employs millions of people worldwide in recreation, fishing, snorkeling, scuba diving, and other aquatic activities. Coastal visitors frequent tourism complexes and resorts, marine recreational facilities, entertainment facilities, shore-side recreational facilities, parks and protected areas. They also visit non-beach shorelines, reefs, estuaries, back bays, salt ponds, lagoons, coastal plains, and offshore waters.
In spite of the positive aspects of coastal tourism—the revenues and recreation it provides—unbridled tourism development often creates serious problems, especially in developing countries. According to The World Tourism Organization, developing countries need help “to create an appropriate regulatory framework, efficient planning, sound management and clear sustainable development guidelines.” When these measures are in place, tourism has proven to provide a strong economic base on which community development and environmental protection is fostered.
Current CRC Activities linked to this Theme
Increased and equitable benefits from sustainable, natural resource-based micro-enterprises
These activities are part of project: Sustainable Coastal Communities and Ecosystems in Tanzania
Older CRC Activities linked to this Theme
5. Coastal Institute Asia 2007
These activities are part of project: Thailand Post-Tsunami Sustainable Coastal Livelihoods Program Project ended: 9-30-2007
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Smart Growth Assistance Effort for Aquidneck Island
These activities are part of project: Aquidneck Island Planning Commission, RI, USA Project ended: 6-30-2006
Foster a New Generation of Leaders in Sustainable Coastal Communities and Environments
These activities are part of project: Rhode Island Sea Grant Extension and Outreach Project ended: 2-28-2006
Managing Growth for a Sustainable Future
Contribute to Sustainable Recreational Boating
These activities are part of project: Rhode Island Sea Grant Community Development Program Project ended: 2-28-2006
Recreational harbors and marinas
These activities are part of project: Sustainable Development Practices in Priority Coastal Environments of the Gulf of California : Marinas and Shrimp Mariculture Project ended: 8-1-2005
Research and Extension Serving Coastal Governance and Management Needs in Tanzania
Sustainable Coastal Tourism Development
These activities are part of project: The Tanzania Coastal Management Partnership Project ended: 7-15-2005
Special Area Management Plan for Greenwich Bay
These activities are part of project: Special Area Management Plan for Greenwich Bay, RI, USA Project ended: 6-30-2005
Coral Coast coastal management demonstration site
National Level Working Committee on Coastal Resources Management
Creating capacity at the provincial and local levels
These activities are part of project: Initiating Integrated Coastal Resources Management in Fiji Project ended: 12-30-2004
Washington County Regional Planning Council
Washington County Technical Information
These activities are part of project: Washington County Regional Planning Council Project ended: 6-30-2004
Designing Web-Based Advisory Support for Coral Reef Management
These activities are part of project: Network Capacity Building: Providing the Tools for Communities to Manage Coral Reefs in SE Asia Project ended: 12-30-2003
Implementation Strategy to Obtain Endorsement
These activities are part of project: Principles, Management Goals and A Vision for the Stewardship of Narragansett Bay, coastal RI and their watersheds in RI, MA, CT, USA Project ended: 10-1-2003
Developing National Policies for Decentralized Coastal Management
Strategic Provincial Planning in Lampung Province
Developing the Balikpapan Bay and Watershed Management Plan
These activities are part of project: Indonesia Coastal Resources Management Project (Proyek Pesisir) Project ended: 9-30-2003
Xcalak Marine Protected Area and Community Development
Tourism Development guidelines
Gulf of California regional governance
University of Quintana Roo Strengthening
These activities are part of project: Conserving Critical Coastal Ecosystems in Mexico Project ended: 9-30-2003
Needs Assessment and Consultative Process
These activities are part of project: Partnership in Integrated Coastal Management in the Pacific Project ended: 9-30-2003
Institutional Capacity Development for the Tanzania National Environmental Management Council
These activities are part of project: Geographic Information for Integrated Coastal Management in Tanzania Project ended: 9-30-2002
Technical Support on Park Management Plan for the Isla Bastimentos Park, Panama
Assessments of Progress in the PROARCA-Costas Project Sites
These activities are part of project: Central American Regional Environmental Program Coastal Component Project ended: 8-30-2001
Ecological and Socioeconomic Impact Studies
These activities are part of project: Ecological and Socio-Economic Impacts of Mass Coral Bleaching Project ended: 3-31-2001
Coastal 2000: A Resource Management Strategy for Sri Lanka's Coastal Region
Sri Lanka Coastal Resources Management Program
Sri Lanka Coastal Resources Management Program
These activities are part of project: Sri Lanka Coastal Zone Management Project Project ended: 6-30-1996
Improve How Priority Coastal Issues are Dealt with at the National and Local Levels
These activities are part of project: Ecuador Coastal Resources Management Project Project ended: 6-30-1994
Phuket Action Planning and Implementation
National Policy Formulation Fostering Provincial Level Plans, Coral Reef and Marine Park Management