Blue Growth - Sustainable Development in Coastal Tourism

Tourism is

• When students don’t care about school

• Any travel of people out of their homes longer than 24 hours

• The movement of people, spatially and temporally, out of their own communities for leisure and business purposes

• None of the above

With specific reference to coastal use, a potential positive environmental effect associated with tourism development would be:

• the pollution of the sea

• overcrowded destinations are more attractive

• Powerful economic reason to preserve natural areas in order to continue to reap economic benefits from tourism and in particular eco-tourism (e.g. bird and whale watching)

• all of the above

With specific reference to coastal use, potential negative environmental effects associated with tourism development would be :

• more financial income which might enable the funding of conservation

• Pollution resulting from inadequate disposal or pressure on natural ecosystems

• Overcrowding together with the construction of buildings and infrastructure can adversely affect the cultural environment and despoiled destinations become less attractive

According to coastal and maritime tourism, the world's leading tourist destination is:

• North sea

• Black sea

• Mediterranean sea

• Atlantic ocean

Most European holiday makers choose

• cities

• the sea

• the mountains

• the countryside

The most visited continent is:

• Europe

• Asia

• America

• Africa

The “reward” for clean beaches is:

• a green flag

• a blue flag

• a white flag

• a pink flag

The most developped sector of the following is:

• aquaculture

• coastal tourism

• marine biotechnology

• ocean energy

• seabed mining

Coastal tourism includes :

• beach-based tourism and recreation activities (e.g. swimming, surfing, etc.), and other recreation activities in coastal areas (e.g. aquariums)

• water-based activities (e.g. boating, yachting, cruising, nautical sports) and includes operations of landside facilities (chartering, manufacturing of equipment and services).

• all of the above

• none of the above

Maritime tourism covers:

• beach-based tourism and recreation activities (e.g. swimming, surfing, etc.), and other recreation activities in coastal areas (e.g. aquariums)

• water-based activities (e.g. boating, yachting, cruising, nautical sports) and includes operations of landside facilities (chartering, manufacturing of equipment and services).

• all of the above

• none of the above