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Coastal tourism and recreation embraces the full range of tourism, leisure, and recreationally oriented activities that take place in the coastal zone and the offshore coastal waters. These include coastal tourism development (hotels, resorts, restaurants, etc.), and the infrastructure supporting coastal development (e.g. marinas, beaches, recreational fishing facilities). Also included is ecotourism and recreational activities such as recreational boating, cruises, swimming, recreational fishing, snorkeling and diving. Coastal tourism and recreation likewise include the public and private programs affecting all the aforementioned activities.

At both global and national scales, tourism is the fastest-growing economic sector today. Here are some basic fact about the tourism industry to highlight its importance, and impacts:

In 1998, it accounted for over 10 per cent of the world GNP and directly or indirectly for 200 million jobs worldwide.
In 2000, 700 million people visited a foreign country - 62% of them for leisure accounting for US$ 478 billion of international receipts/revenues.
Tourism is one of the five top export categories for 83% of countries, and the main one for 38% of them.
Tourism employs 3% of the total global workforce (8% if indirect/informal jobs are included, or one in every 12 workers).
In France, the world's number-one tourism destination, tourism accounts for over 7% of GDP.

For many coastal, tropical, developing countries, tourism plays an important role in the economy often representing the major source of employment, foreign exchange earnings, and national government revenue. The World Tourism Organisation has estimated that tourism receipts account for some 25 percent of total export earnings in the Pacific and over 35 percent for Caribbean islands. However, much of the income generated by tourism does leak back to developed countries (30-50 percent in the Caribbean), mostly to foreign air carriers, hotel owners and suppliers of imported food and beverages. Tourism is mainly a natural resource based industry and, as such, affects air, land and water and can damage natural systems if its planning, development and operation are not properly managed. On the other hand, if developed sustainably, tourism can be a positive force for conservation and environmental protection. See More...

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Building Community Capacity for Tourism Development ( BOOK )

Author(s) / Editor(s)

Moscardo, G.

Description

Tourism has become an important tool for development in rural and remote areas. However, it often fails to produce the promised benefit and has caused several negative impacts. Drawing attention to the potential outcomes for communities when using tourism as a development strategy, this book provides a focused analysis of this emerging issue and seeks to provide positive guidance on improving the process of tourism planning and development. Community-based ecotourism is a potentially effective strategy for connecting the business of tourism with local goals of sustainable development and long-term environmental conservation. Community-based tourism is more likely than other forms of tourism to build new skills, and leadership in communities and thus arguably has better chances of building environmental stewardship. Proving models and frameworks that can be applied to any developing area, this book will be useful to both academic and government policy makers interested in tourism and rural development.

Keywords

TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

TOURISM IMPACTS;

COMMUNITY-BASED TOURISM

Geography Keywords

WORLD WIDE

Content Language(s)

English

Type of Book

Book

Publisher

CABI