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This study examines the terrestrial impacts – economic, social and environmental – of cruise tourism as they are viewed in Belize. It is based on field research, carried out in 2005 using academic protocols, involving over 600 surveys with cruise passengers and over 100 interviews with a range of stakeholders in Belize.

This toolkit provides a handbook and training materials, market research, and other resources for building a community based tourism model.

This paper analyses the tourism value chain in order to understand and encourage pro-poor growth of the tourist sector in The Gambia through craft markets, the food supply chain, non-managerial staff in hotels, excursion guides, and taxis.

This Duke University research project examines workforce development strategies in developing countries in the context of the shifting upgrading dynamics of global value chains.

This article focuses on the establishment of a more socially just economic model in the Canary Islands, including perspectives on the local tourism sector.

This European Union study investigates unsustainable financing in the blue economy. It characterises unsustainable financial practices in the blue economy, explores the reasons for their persistence and puts forward recommendations to steer investments towards sustainability.

This EU study increases awareness and transparency of unsustainable financing in the blue economy. It characterises unsustainable financial practices in the blue economy, explores the reasons for their persistence and puts forward recommendations to steer investments towards sustainability. Case studies include Cayman Islands, China, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Belize, Albania, Montenegro, Mozambique, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Senegal, Vietnam, Thailand, Belgium, Netherlands, US, and EU.

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries is supporting a shift in finance away from unsustainable marine and maritime activities, towards investments in a sustainable blue economy and in support of the EU Green Deal and Recovery Plan for Europe. This study contributes to this initiative by increasing the awareness and transparency of unsustainable financing in the blue economy.

This BREA report summarizes an analysis of cruise-related expenditure and subsequent impact on the economics of the participating coastal destinations.

This report gives an overview of socioeconomic aspects and other management issues when linking maritime and underwater cultural heritage with other Blue Economy sectors.