Print PageOutlook Online 2009
Impacts of coastal development on the social, economic and cultural benefits of commercial marine tourism
Management Concern: Low
Adequacy of Information: Moderate
Summary extracts from Outlook Report 2009
- Tourism makes a significant contribution to the presentation, management and economic value of the Great Barrier Reef.
- Increasing coastal population is resulting in greater use of the Great Barrier Reef but this has not yet affected visitor satisfaction.
What do we know?
Relevant pages from Outlook Online include:
- Contribution of tourism on the Great Barrier Reef to employment
- Direct plus indirect value added contributions of selected activities
- Contribution of the Great Barrier Reef to employment
- Tourism and recreation partnerships
- Ecocertification of Marine Park operators
- Contribution of EMC to Marine Park management
- Visitor satisfaction with tourism visits
- Swimming with whales tourism
- Conservation and economic benefits of wildlife-based marine tourism: sea turtle case study
- Development intensification and water quality pressures on the Great Barrier Reef ecosystems
- Population and urban growth in the Great Barrier Reef catchment
- Population centres in Queensland and Great Barrier Reef catchment
- Population projections
- Queensland's coast: managing its future: a position paper on coastal management in Queensland
- Loss of coastal wetlands
Existing policies and management actions
- Environmental Impact Management Policy
[900KB] - State Coastal Management Plan
- Regional coastal management plans
- The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan
- Environmental impact assessment
- GBRMPA involvement in coastal development planning and assessment
- Reef Guardian Councils
- Coastal ecosystem protection
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
- State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971
- Department of Infrastructure and Planning
- Policies and guidelines for managing tourism and recreational use
Future management requirements
- Overarching Great Barrier Reef tourism strategy.
Defined research questions
- There are currently no defined research questions for this topic. Research questions will be developed, giving priority to interactions/issues that are of most concern to management.
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