A Review of SCUBA Diving Impacts and Implication for Coral Reefs Conservation and Tourism Management

• Main Authors: Zainal Abidin, Siti Zulaiha, Mohamed, Badaruddin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2014
• Subjects: TH1-9745 Building construction
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/38185/1/A_Review_of_SCUBA_Diving_Impacts_and_Implication_for_Coral_Reefs_Conservation_and_Tourism_Management.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/38185/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20141201093

Dive tourism has become important in term of magnitude and significantly contributes to regional economies. Nevertheless, in the absence of proper controls and enforcement, unplanned tourism growth has caused environmental degradation which undermines the long-term sustainability of the tourism i...