Coastal and marine tourism and cruises

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Coastal tour­ism, mar­ine tour­ism, and cruises are bur­geon­ing sec­tors with­in the travel & tour­ism and hos­pit­al­ity indus­tries, present­ing a pleth­ora of oppor­tun­it­ies for industry pro­fes­sion­als. These forms of tour­ism offer unique and cap­tiv­at­ing exper­i­ences for trav­el­lers who are cap­tiv­ated by the allure of the sea. As industry insiders, it is crit­ic­al to grasp the sig­ni­fic­ance of coastal tour­ism, mar­ine tour­ism, and cruises and their impact on the travel industry.

One of the key draws of coastal tour­ism, mar­ine tour­ism, and cruises is the chance to wit­ness the breath­tak­ing diversity of mar­ine life. Coastal areas are home to a pleth­ora of flora and fauna. Activ­it­ies such as snor­kelling, scuba diving, or boat tours allow trav­el­lers to have up-close encoun­ters with mar­ine biodiversity.

Coastal land­scapes are a major draw for tour­ists. Coastal areas offer stun­ning vis­tas that can be explored in vari­ous ways, such as hik­ing, cyc­ling, or boat­ing. The nat­ur­al beauty of coastal land­scapes serves as a major selling point for coastal tour­ism, mar­ine tour­ism, and cruises, attract­ing trav­el­lers seek­ing immers­ive and awe-inspir­ing experiences.

Cruises, in par­tic­u­lar, offer a unique and con­veni­ent way to explore coastal and mar­ine des­tin­a­tions. Cruise ships are float­ing resorts that provide trav­el­lers with a wide range of amen­it­ies and activities.

Coastal tour­ism, mar­ine tour­ism, and cruises also offer oppor­tun­it­ies for relax­a­tion and well­ness. Many coastal des­tin­a­tions and cruises offer well­ness activities.

In addi­tion to the nat­ur­al attrac­tions, coastal tour­ism, mar­ine tour­ism, and cruises also offer oppor­tun­it­ies for cul­tur­al exper­i­ences. A large and grow­ing per­cent­age of people live near the coast, includ­ing many indi­gen­ous com­munit­ies. Inter­act­ing with loc­al com­munit­ies, learn­ing about their way of life, and enga­ging in cul­tur­al activ­it­ies can provide trav­el­lers with a deep­er under­stand­ing of the loc­al cul­ture and her­it­age, enhan­cing their over­all travel experience.

How­ever, it is imper­at­ive to emphas­ise the import­ance of respons­ible and sus­tain­able tour­ism prac­tices in coastal tour­ism, mar­ine tour­ism, and cruises. As industry pro­fes­sion­als, we can pro­mote respons­ible travel prac­tices among trav­el­lers, such as min­im­ising envir­on­ment­al impact, respect­ing loc­al cul­tures and com­munit­ies, and sup­port­ing sus­tain­able initiatives.

In con­clu­sion, coastal tour­ism, mar­ine tour­ism, and cruises offer unpar­alleled oppor­tun­it­ies for trav­el­lers to explore and appre­ci­ate the won­ders of the sea. As industry pro­fes­sion­als, it is cru­cial to under­stand the sig­ni­fic­ance of coastal tour­ism, mar­ine tour­ism, and cruises and pro­mote respons­ible and sus­tain­able tour­ism practices.

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Over-tourism alarm bells for Bangladesh’s only coral island

August 22, 2017

Over-tourism in Bangladesh yet UNWTO says tourism growth is not the enemy.

Over-pop­u­la­­tion may be a word more likely to spring to mind than over-tour­ism when one thinks of Bangladesh. How­ever, as repor­ted in the Dhaka Tribune, a Bangladesh Depart­ment of Envir­on­ment (DoE) report says unplanned tour­ism lead­ing to over-tour­ism, mar­ine pol­lu­tion, and illeg­al struc­tures are pos­ing ser­i­ous threats to the biod­iversity of Bangladesh’s only cor­al island. […]

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Philippines tourism development & how to avoid more Boracays

July 31, 2017
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Prom­in­ent Filipino writer and eco­nom­ist Dr Bern­ardo M Vil­le­g­as is encour­aged by the pre­lim­in­ary draft of the next Phil­ip­pines tour­ism devel­op­ment plan because of its intent to devel­op low-dens­ity, com­munity-based, and nature-based tour­ism and to pro­mote the use of green tech­no­lo­gies. How­ever, in this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Dr Vil­le­g­as urges author­it­ies to look to Spain […]

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Great Barrier Reef tourism reprieve but resorts in trouble

July 8, 2017

Great Barrier Reef tourism. A variety of colourful corals on Flynn Reef near Cairns. By Toby Hudson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11137678

Great Bar­ri­er Reef tour­ism oper­at­ors hope UNESCO’s decision not to list the nat­ur­al won­der “in danger” will reverse a drop in vis­it­or num­bers, accord­ing to a Cour­i­er Mail story. “UNESCO’s World Her­it­age Com­mit­tee endorsed Australia’s Reef 2050 plan to pro­tect the icon­ic asset, avoid­ing ­inter­na­tion­al embar­rass­ment for the $6.4 bil­lion-a-year tour­ist draw­card. “How­ever, the WHC […]

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Conservationists “condemn” Philippines Tourism Sec’y for Coral World Park

June 29, 2017

Coral World Park and developments like it threaten vulnerable species, according to Philippines' conservationists. Image: Haribon

An alli­ance of loc­al con­ser­va­tion­ists have con­demned not only the pro­posed Cor­al World Park in Coron, Palawan but also Phil­ip­pines Tour­ism Sec­ret­ary Wanda Teo for her pub­lic declar­a­tion of sup­port for it. A state­ment from the Haribon Found­a­tion for the Con­ser­va­tion of Nat­ur­al Resources and PAMANA Ka Sa Pilip­i­nas, a net­work of com­munity-based mar­ine pro­tec­ted area […]

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South Pacific Tourism looks to its ocean & the ‘circular economy’

June 15, 2017

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In the wake of the first United Nations Oceans Con­fer­ence last week, the South Pacific Tour­ism Organ­isa­tion (SPTO) has called on the Pacific’s tour­ism industry to pro­tect and sus­tain­ably man­age the oceans for tour­ism devel­op­ment. Tour­ism is a tar­get under Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment Goal (SDG) 14.7: “By 2030, increase the eco­nom­ic bene­fits to Small Island developing […]

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A PM appointed IY2017 ambassador … oh, and food fish are going extinct

June 13, 2017

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Head­lining a UNWTO press release dated June 12 is the fact that the United Nations World Tour­ism Organ­iz­a­tion (UNWTO) appoin­ted the Prime Min­is­ter of Sam­oa, Tuilae­pa Sailele Malielegaoi, as one of nine (9) Spe­cial Ambas­sad­ors of the Inter­na­tion­al Year of Sus­tain­able Tour­ism for Devel­op­ment 2017. The cere­mony took place in New York on June 7 […]

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