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This report is designed to give an in-depth view of the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) travel and tourism (T&T) industry. This report serves as a benchmarking tool for policy-makers, companies and complementary sectors to advance the future development of the T&T sector by providing unique insight into the strengths and development areas of each country/ economy to enhance industry competitiveness in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This World Bank report presents information on the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises(SMEs) that make up around 80 percent of licensed tourism and tourism-related businesses, and are at the greatest risk of failure.

This Luc Hoffmann Institute report brings together knowledge generated on COVID-19 and nature-based tourism, focusing on tourism that uses natural resources in a wild or undeveloped form for the purpose of enjoying undeveloped natural areas or wildlife.

This briefing focuses on what we know about the short-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our environment, approximately six months after large parts of the world went into some degree of lockdown. It considers what can be learnt from these effects and how they might help shape decision-making in the future.

A comprehensive set of regulations for the tourism industry in The Gambia reopening in times of the COVID-19 pandemic, including airlines accommodations, tour operations, restaurants, attractions, experiences, and all aspects of visitor management.

This CREST report shares lessons from COVID-19 for tourism in a changing climate, considering the current implications of the pandemic on tourism and steps towards a responsible recovery.

This collection of country protocols by the CTO includes COVID-19 protocols for Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos. The resource includes guidelines and checklists for safely resuming business operations and resorting tourism to the region.

This article addresses the economic and social implications of the COVID-19 health crisis in the coastal community of Mahahual, Mexico. Dependent on cruise tourism, this community has to adapt workers and new spaces for exchange and community solidarity are created.

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council Farm Standards include eleven robust marine farming standards for over 17 marine species groups and an additional standard for seaweed. This resource is useful for anyone working in coastal agritourism.

This textbook was written for tourism students and industry practitioners and researchers provides a basis for studies into environment-based tourism, covering key topics of management, economics and environmental impacts of the tourism sector.