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Quantify the Influence of Coral Reef Bleaching on Tourism in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
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Abstract
As global climate change keeps deteriorating, adverse effects have emerged, including global warming, rising sea levels, and extreme weather. From diverse literature, we summarized that these effects have triggered irretrievable damage to coral reefs worldwide and indirectly influenced tourism in small island developing states (SIDS). Since the economy depends drastically on tourism, we propose the study to quantify the effect caused by coral bleaching, a by-product of global warming, on tourism in SIDS. We schedule to find the relationship between coral bleaching rate and tourism development in targeted areas via a panel data model and a regression model. We expect our result can contribute to part of the ministries' legislation in SIDS
Keywords
dive tourism, coral bleaching, SIDS, regression analysis
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Financial Technology and Business Analysis
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-429-3
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-430-9
- Published Date
- 21 May 2024
- Series
- Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences
- ISSN (Print)
- 2754-1169
- ISSN (Online)
- 2754-1177
- DOI
- 10.54254/2754-1169/82/20230762
- Copyright
- 21 May 2024
- Open Access
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