AUSTRALIA SUSTAINABLE TOURISM MANAGEMENT

Australia Sustainable Tourism Management



Executive Summary

The review for the ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef is at the crossroads, and there are decisions taken in the coming years that are likely to decide its long term prospect. Inevitably, the forecasts of prospect climate change prediction control most aspect of the Great Barrier Reef in the coming decades. The magnitude and perseverance of the ecosystem the harm depends largely on the amount of change and on global climate resilience of the ecosystem of the Great Barrier future. This the first Report on the immediate prospects climate change, continued to lower the water quality of catchment excess, loss of Coasts habitat and coastal growth impacts of the fishing and poach fishing and other main concern issues of plummeting the pliability of Great Barrier Reef. It is also highlighting gaps in information essential for better thoughtfulness of the resilience of ecosystems. Most of the commercial and the non-commercial use of Great Barrier Reef highly needy on intact, strong ecosystem and elastics continue to be important economic supply for regional communities and Australia. Millions of people continue to enjoy their visits to the Great Barrier Reef. The condition of key changes to the ecology will have social and financial implications of Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and is considered by many as the major example of practice management of better world. However, the efficiency of administration is a challenge because of the complex factors that have their origin beyond the region of Great Barrier Reef, that is climate transformation, runoff and watershed coastal development because some of the greatest risks to the ecology. These factors are in performance of an increasing role in determining status and prospect of Great Barrier Reef.

Contents

INTRODUCTION4

HERITAGE5

HERITAGE STRATEGY5

HISTORICAL HERITAGE5

HERITAGE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES6

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPORTANCE6

BIODIVERSITY VALUES7

TOURISM7

CURRENT SITUATION OF TOURISM8

VISITORS TO THE GREAT REEF9

ISSUES MANAGEMENT9

CRUISE SHIPPING11

VALUE OF HEALTH AND CORAL REEFS PROVIDE11

COMMERCIAL MARINE TOURISM12

TRADE BENEFITS MARINE TOURISM13

RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH MARINE TOURISM13

MARINE TOURISM - RISK TO ECOSYSTEM13

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS14

VISITOR PROFILE14

RECOMMENDATIONS15

FUTURE DIRECTION15

CONCLUSION16

Australia Sustainable Tourism Management

Introduction

The major coral reef structure, Great Barrier Reef stretch about 1500 miles to the Pacific Ocean from the tip of the Queensland. Determined by the Australian government and the Marine Park World Heritage area by UNESCO, rock houses an extraordinary abundance of species and habitats is. Snorkelling, diving and fishing along the cliff to the right people, nowhere more so than the islands of Puente cost, in which silica sand and blue waters of Coral Sea make perfect beach escape.

Great Barrier Reef one of reef ecosystems healthy coral in the world. About two million tourists visit each year the Great Barrier Reef. Additional people by almost three million tourist transportation for visits are islands throughout Region. There high levels of satisfaction experienced visitors about Great Barrier Reef tourism industry provide significant financial profit to neighbouring districts (Harriot, 2002, 12). Tourism makes a significant contribution to providing great change and management Reef. Climate outcomes between the most important aspects of marine based marine tourism, but tourism operators working with ...