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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Coastal tourism"”.
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Analysis of spanish coastal tourism on the national, regional and local levels
Coastal tourism is a fast-growing economic driver worldwide. Spain is a bright example of a coastal country with a leading position in the global tourism market, especially with the ‘sun and sea’ product. Tourism plays a vital importance for Spain because it represents 14.2% of GDP (Gross Domestic …
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Coastal tourism: the response of Indian Ocean island tourism destinations to climate change
This research examines tourism within developing island states in the Indian Ocean that will be at extreme risk from the impacts of climate change. Many have a high economic reliance upon tourism and yet will be adversely affected by both higher sea levels and raised water temperatures. However, …
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Prospects and challenges of coastal tourism in the Kwa-Zulu Natal province of South Africa
… of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Ecotourism, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2024.
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Coastal tourism development strategies In the town of st Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal: Conservation versus commercialisation
Coastal tourism development strategies are a new phenomenon in the world of community development and community conservation. The development of tourism products as compared to their conservation, is an ongoing debate, which has been tackled by many tourism scholars. The management of natural and …
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The potential of sustainable coastal tourism as a driver of economic development within Mthunzini area, Umlalazi Municipality, Kwazulu-Natal
… Amongst many sectors within the oceans economy, tourism has been identified by all spheres of government as a sector with potential for economic development that must be enhanced. This is particularly important in view of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 14, which …
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Romancing Strangers: The Intimate Politics of Beach Tourism in Kenya
… between Western women and Kenyan men who work in coastal tourism destinations, such as Lamu and Malindi. As such, questions of power and social positionality are both fluid and conditional. I argue that the intimate collisions of these two social groups, not only reflect historical hierarchies …
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Thirty Years of Change: How Subdivisions on Stilts have Altered A Southeast Louisiana Parish's Coast, Landscape and People
… number of second homes for recreation fishers in coastal Terrebonne Parish has grown from 244 in the late 1970s to an estimated 2,500 in 2005. This thesis considers the ramifications of the tourism boom along the parish's historically isolated and undeveloped coastline. Four coastal communities …
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Economics of Emergencies: North Carolina, Civil Defense, and the Cold War, 1940 – 1963
… imperiled the state’s agricultural, textile, and coastal tourism industries, inflicting well over $300 million in total damages. These disasters instigated a noticeable shift toward the use of civil defense resources to alleviate the effects of natural disasters in the state and mitigate economic …
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A critical evaluation of tourism product diversification: the case of Cyprus
… the diversification strategy of the Cyprus coastal tourism product by investigating the degree of success of the strategy in fulfilling its goals of economic improvement, tourist satisfaction increase and image enhancement. The evaluation of the strategy’s success is performed through an …
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Cultural and historical tourism as core for local economic development at eNdondakusuka Municipality
… for the area. Cultural and Historical tourism was seen as one of the ways to explore in order to provide solutions to the declining social and economic facets of the area. This study, therefore has established its route and baseline measure along the lines of the above but highlighting …
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Types of Forecast and Weather-Related Information Used among Tourism Businesses in Coastal North Carolina
This study profiles the coastal tourism sector, a large and diverse consumer of climate and weather information. It is crucial to provide reliable, accurate and relevant resources for the climate and weather-sensitive portions of this stakeholder group in order to guide them in capitalizing on …
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Sustainable Beach Resort Development: A Decision Framework for Coastal Resort Development in Egypt and the United States
In recent decades, coastal tourism has grown significantly bringing enormous economic benefits to host communities, and causing many environmental and social impacts to the coastal environment. Beach resort development faces problems due to an inability on the part of stakeholders to make sound …
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Tourism development in transition economies: an evaluation of the development of tourism at a Black sea coastal destination during political and socio-economic transition.
… on the transformation and development of coastal destinations in the transition economy of Bulgaria. It takes further the tradition in tourism studies that calls for the incorporation of the contextual change in the process of destination development. The purpose of this study was to …
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Public perception and coastal pollution at identified beaches in south Wales
… controversy exists in the world with respect to coastal quality. A multidisciplinary project was initiated to examine the health effects of bathing in sewage contaminated coastal waters, using a popular beach resort, Whitmore Bay, close to the cities of South Wales; and to explore ways of …