Coral Reefs: Tourism, Conservation and Management

313 Pages·2018·17.827 MB·English

by  Bruce Prideaux, Anja Pabel

CORAL REEFS: TOURISM,
CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
Coral reefs are an important tourism resource for many coastal and island destinations
and generate a range of benefits to their local communities, including as a food
source, income from tourism, employment and recreational opportunities.
However, coral reefs are under increasing threat from climate change and related
impacts such as coral bleaching and ocean acidification. Other anthropogenic
stresses include over-fishing, anchor damage, coastal development, agricultural
run-off, sedimentation and coral mining.
This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to review these issues as they
relate to the sustainable management of coral reef tourism destinations. It incor-
porates coral reef science, management, conservation and tourism perspectives
and takes a global perspective of coral reef tourism issues covering many of the
world’s most significant coral reef destinations. These include the Great Barrier
Reef and Ningaloo Reef in Australia, the Red Sea, Pacific Islands, South East
Asia, the Maldives, the Caribbean islands, Florida Keys and Brazil. Specific issues
addressed include climate change, pollution threats, fishing, island tourism, scuba
diving, marine wildlife, governance, sustainability, conservation and community
resilience. The book also issues a call for more thoughtful development of coral
reef experiences where the ecological needs of coral reefs are placed ahead of the
economic desires of the tourism industry.
Bruce Prideaux is Professor of Tourism, School of Business and Law, Central
Queensland University, Australia. He is the author or editor of 11 books, 120
research articles and 84 book chapters. His interests include sustainability, climate
change, marine and rainforest tourism and regional tourism development.
Anja Pabel is a Lecturer in Tourism, School of Business and Law, Central Queensland
University, Australia. Her research interests are tourist behaviour, marine tourism,
tourism sustainability and humour research.
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CORAL REEFS:
TOURISM,
CONSERVATION AND
MANAGEMENT
Edited by Bruce Prideaux
and Anja Pabel
First published 2018
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Names: Prideaux, B. (Bruce), editor. | Pabel, Anja, editor.
Title: Coral reefs : tourism, conservation and management / edited
by Bruce Prideaux and Anja Pabel.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018022726| ISBN 9781138689831 (hardback) |
ISBN 9781138497313 (paperback) | ISBN 9781315537320
(ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Coral reefs and islands—Recreational use. | Coral
reef conservation. | Coral reef management. | Tourism.
Classification: LCC GB461 .C68 2019 | DDC 333.95/53—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018022726
ISBN: 978-1-138-68983-1 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-138-49731-3 (pbk)
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This book is dedicated to the many people who have
contributed in some way to the efforts to preserve the
wonder of coral reefs. The need remains and the fight must
be won.

CONTENTS
Figures x
Tables xii
Abbreviations xiii
Contributors xv
Preface xxii
1 Coral reef systems as a tourism resource 1
Anja Pabel and Bruce Prideaux
PART I
The ecology and governance of coral reefs 15
2 Coral reefs: impacts and sustainability in the South
Pacific Islands 17
Semisi Taumoepeau and Anja Pabel
3 Coral-based tourism in Egypt’s Red Sea 29
Nathalie Hilmi, Alain Safa, Stéphanie Reynaud and
Denis Allemand
4 Australia’s Great Barrier Reef – protection, threats, value
and tourism use 44
Bruce Prideaux and Anja Pabel
5 Strategic Caribbean coral reef tourism management 61
Dennis J. Gayle and Bernadette E. Warner
viii Contents
PART II
Threats and sustainability issues facing coral
reef tourism 73
6 The potential for coral bleaching to affect long-term
destination sustainability 75
Bruce Prideaux, Anja Pabel, Michelle Thompson and
Leonie Cassidy
7 Belize Barrier Reef System: a threatened
biodiversity hotspot 93
Leandra Cho-Ricketts
8 Coral reefs of the Florida Keys: the threats of
a changing sea 107
Roberta Atzori and Alan Fyall
9 Whale shark tourism at Ningaloo Reef: successes,
challenges and what’s next? 119
Sarah Duffy, Roger Layton and Larry Dwyer
PART III
Development and management of coral reef
tourism activities 135
10 Ecotourism and coral reef restoration: case studies
from Thailand and the Maldives 137
Margaux Y. Hein, Fanny Couture and Chad M. Scott
11 Tourism and fishing in paradise: a case study
of the Maldives 151
Kelsey Miller
12 A narrative approach to understanding recreational dive
tourists’ experiences on coral reefs 169
Anja Pabel
13 Tourist satisfaction and expenditures in a reef-adjoining
dolphin watching industry in Lovina, Bali Indonesia 184
Putu L. Mustika, Riccardo Welters and Naneng Setiasih
Contents ix
14 Tourism development and impacts on reef
conservation in Brazil 198
Fernanda de Vasconcellos Pegas, Guy Castley and Ambrozio
Queiroz Neto
15 Impacts of vessel-based day tours on coral reefs:
observations from snorkel tours in Maui, Hawai’i 212
Brooke A. Porter
PART IV
Indigenous use, the media and the way forward 225
16 Indigenous coral reef tourism 227
Henrietta L. Marrie
17 Media in coral reef tourism management: indications
from online travel magazines 247
Anja Pabel and Glen Croy
18 Findings and research issues – where to go from here? 262
Bruce Prideaux and Anja Pabel
Index 277