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The UK Marine Strategy provides the framework for delivering marine policy at the national level and sets out how to achieve a sustainable ocean via a marine assessment tool.

This report presents the results and recommendations of a cruise ship tourism study in Central America with emphasis on Honduras and Costa Rica. The report includes a variety of tools to help destinations address over tourism through strategic planning, good management, and impact monitoring.

This report presents data on the economic, social and environmental impacts of cruise tourism in Belize, assessing the rapid expansion between 2000 and 2005 and comparing these findings with the stayover tourism sector.

This paper proposes key sustainability indicators for sustainable planning in coastal tourism destinations.

This Conservation International and George Washington University report provides a guide for field practitioners to perform a rapid assessment and analysis of tourism potential in a destination. It incorporates sustainability concepts that aim to optimize tourism development in an effort to protect natural and socio-cultural resources and improve the welfare of local people, while enhancing monetary gains and market access.

This report presents guidelines that aim to assist protected area authorities in the development and use of tourism partnerships and concessioning to contribute financially and technically to protected areas through sustainable tourism. Case studies within the report include: South Africa, Brazil, Ontario, Mozambique, China, and the United States.

This CRC report presents a design and assessment model to assist tourism operators to manage low-impact nature-based sustainable tourism facilities in remote areas. Derived by studies conducted in Australia and informed by indigenous groups, the report provides design guidelines for facility infrastructure, and a framework for environmentally sustainable technology for energy, water and waste management systems.

This CREST toolkit summarizes the key issues to be considered, identifies actions to prioritize for action planning, and provides examples to inspire small communities to become more sustainable visitor destinations. The toolkit is designed for local community workers in cooperation with tourism organizations, and policy makers.

This GW IITS and CREST webinar series offers different presentations focusing on the issue and solutions for over tourism in coastal communities, World Heritage sites, national parks, protected areas, and historic cities. This resource is useful for public sector, private sector, and civil society stakeholders.

This CTO compendium includes tourism disaster and crisis management resources for the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean regions.