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This Marine Insight article describes the different types of pollution caused by ships including: ballast water pollution, air pollution, noise pollution, greywater pollution, blackwater/sewage pollution, chemical pollution, oil/bilge oil pollution, and solid waste pollution.

This UNGC report produced in consultation with over 300 stakeholders, identified five tipping points for a healthy and productive ocean that represent a set of tangible objectives to address ocean sustainability challenges.

These UNGC Sustainable Ocean Principles provide a framework for responsible business practices across sectors and geographies focusing on ocean health and productivity, governance and engagement, and data and transparency.

This set of guidelines was developed by the UNWTO Ethics, Culture and Social Responsibility Department, in collaboration with Indigenous leaders, with OECD input. The recommendations suggest specific solutions for the empowerment of Indigenous Peoples through tourism such as transitioning from “assisting” towards “enabling” indigenous entrepreneurship, fostering digital literacy for tourism businesses, and acknowledging the relevance of indigenous people and culture by the tourism sector.

This bibliography includes a selection of some of the core texts in the field of creative tourism from previous years, and a review of the most recent publications on creative tourism.

This book reviews the important interrelations between the World Heritage Sites industry, local communities, and conservation work, bringing together the various opportunities and challenges for different destinations. It contains case studies and reviews new areas of development such as Historic Urban Landscapes, Intangible Cultural Heritage, Memory of the World and Global Geoparks.

This CTO manual provides a series of case studies to illustrate the varied approaches used to meet the challenge of heritage tourism development across the Caribbean, and the benefits that it can bring. These are formed into a strategic business management model that provides a guideline to enhance the quality, viability, and preservation of their heritage tourism offer.

This paper presents information on the Indonesian Ocean Policy and the development of maritime culture empowerment as the policy’s action plan, particularly for the 2020-2024 action plan. Maritime culture empowerment is carried out through 3 cultural development programs, namely Ocean and Culture Literacy, Culture Action or Activation, and Culture-based Innovation.

This collection of articles presents an analysis of tourism in Cuba including local tourist destinations, private initiative and their contribution to development local tourism, nature tourism in forest areas, tourist accommodation companies, cultural tourism and experiences and the fluctuating politics of the different governments of United States to date regarding travel by Americans to Cuba.

This research paper looks at the management of underwater cultural heritage in Greece and considers the role of maritime spatial planning in the decision-making process considering “when” and “where” human activities take place at sea.