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Influences of Climate Change on Tourism Development in Small Pacific Island States
- Source :
- Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 4223, p 4223 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- Tourism-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are a central driver of anthropogenic climate change. At the same time, climate change has both direct and indirect impacts on tourism, varying from damages of tourist assets due to extreme weather events, to losses of biodiversity. Small island developing states (SIDS) heavily depend on international tourism as a source of revenue and income. Therefore, much could be gained by assessing the vulnerability of the SIDS tourism sector and by identifying measures that may assist these islands in their sustainable adaptation efforts. Against this background, this interdisciplinary paper provides a review of tourism development and the implications of its emissions on the global climate, linked with observed and projected influences of climate change in the Pacific region, to explain the growing vulnerability of the overall sector, with a particular focus on SIDS tourism. A description of the effects of COVID-19 on international tourism and its consequences for SIDS complement the analysis. Case studies of two Pacific islands present some evidence of current climate impacts, underscoring the multiple risks small island nations and their tourism sectors face. The paper concludes by stating that some measures may be prioritized by decision-makers, so as to increase the resilience of a transforming tourism sector in SIDS.
- Subjects :
- 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Natural resource economics
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Geography, Planning and Development
Vulnerability
TJ807-830
Climate change
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
TD194-195
01 natural sciences
Renewable energy sources
CO2 emissions
Extreme weather
Solomon Islands
0502 economics and business
Revenue
GE1-350
climate impacts
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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Environmental effects of industries and plants
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Tonga
05 social sciences
Global warming
Building and Construction
Pacific region
Environmental sciences
Geography
tourism
Psychological resilience
Small Island Developing States
050212 sport, leisure & tourism
Tourism
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Details
- ISSN :
- 20711050
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sustainability
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....958e55b5e0dfae9bdf2f73f9a5fc0df7