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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Maldivian Tourist Resorts and their Environmental Impact

Manfred Domroes

subject

geographygeography.geographical_feature_categorybusiness.industryFlourishingEnvironmental resource managementAtollEnvironmental impact assessmentbusinessReefRecreationAccommodationIntercultural communicationTourism

description

In the past two decades, the Maldivians have built up a flourishing tourist industry. Tourist resorts have been established on hitherto uninhabited small islands and by 1990 the number of tourists has increased to nearly 200 000. The Maldivian tourist resorts represent a special type of tropical beach resorts catering only to the tourists’ needs for accommodation, board, leisure and recreation. They are distinctly separate from the islands inhabited by the Maldivians and intercultural communication does not take place. These resorts are in effect ‘tourist enclaves’. Holiday facilities in the resorts are clearly geared to the coastal environment - the beach, lagoon and reef. The impact of tourism on the atoll ecosystem has resulted in ecological and environmental conflicts.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1993-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2068-5_6