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This CBD, UNEP, and UNWTO report provides stakeholders with the tools to make the tourism sector more biodiversity friendly and more socially just. It addresses the links between tourism development, biological diversity conservation, and development / poverty reduction.

This report surveyed 30 tourism operators globally using the IUCN NbS Global Standard to assess how NbS are enabling destinations to take proactive climate action. The paper outlined 5 Principles for Effective Nature-based Solutions in the Tourism Sector with practical guidelines, action steps, and case studies highlighting action taken by industry leaders. With over 17 affiliate partners joining to amplify the important message behind the white paper, the research has been well-received by an industry that to date has little practical guidance for increasing investment in NbS at scale. Blue tourism operators in coastal destinations and the NbS they are using were heavily featured in this report.

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.

This book, designed for lecturers, students and researchers in tourism and ecotourism practitioners, defines, describes and analyzes ecotourism in the less developed countries and its environmental and social impacts. Includes case studies in Costa Rica, Kenya, Nepal, Thailand, the Caribbean and the South Pacific.

Latin American development politics include manifold interventions in rural areas, among them extractivist industry. Paradoxically, scholars have adopted the term neo-extractivism to criticise left-led governments' justification of natural resource use to provide welfare to the population. This research embraces neo-extractivism to understand socio-environmental changes introduced through tourism initiatives in Ecuadorian rural landscapes. While the case in the Pacific coast of Santa Elena relates the promotion of small-scale tourism in rural areas to enclave economies, the case in Ecuadorian highlands incorporating the Qhapaq Ñan project relates community-based tourism expectations with developmental practices. Ethnographic accounts and qualitative analysis reveal practices leading to intense use of local resources, commoditisation of material and immaterial resources at local level, and the social stress on development projects. In this way, a neo-extrativist gaze shed light on the intersection of rural studies and anthropological approaches of tourism in the Andes. 

This book examines the key principles of indigenous ecotourism through global case studies and analyzes the key factors for sustainable development.

Traditional rural livelihoods are disappearing due to natural resource decline, climate pressure and,
also modernization. This study explores livelihood diversification from primary economic activities
into tourism employment in rural communities. We examine the developmental role of tourism in
areas where traditional activities, in this case fishing, have declined and tourism is growing. This
article presents the findings of two case studies: the coastal communities of Padstow (UK) and Paternoster (South Africa).

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 World Bank report presents information on how oceans are vital for Indonesia’s economy and social welfare, looking at both long and short-term challenges which can be addressed through a blue economy strategy; such a strategy is being pursued by the Government of Indonesia through a range of initiatives. Developing a blue economy will require substantial investments and policy reform that build on these initiatives.

This UNESCO paper describes the evolution of the SIDS agenda, highlights SIDS in the World Heritage Convention context, and includes seven thematic papers on shared concerns and challenges across SIDS, such as disaster risk management and building resilience to climate change, land management and sustainable tourism.