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Research on the Impact of COVID-19 on the GBR Ecotourism

Authors
Yonglin Huang1a, *, Yoshiyuki Kimura1b, Zhaohui Han1c
1aOcean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, China, 316021
1bSchool of Bioscience, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, NG7 2RD
1cArts and Sciences Environment, McGill University, Canada, H3A 0G4
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Yonglin Huang
Available Online 29 April 2022.
DOI
10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.038How to use a DOI?
Keywords
GBR; ecotourism; blue reset/ recovery; COVID-19
Abstract

Today marine ecotourism is a style of ecotourism including recreational activities that involve travel away from one’s place of residence and which have as their host or focus the marine environment [1][2]. Among marine ecotourism, Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is one of the most famous marine ecotourism destinations in Australia and have a concern of negative impact brought from COVID-19 pandemic in the world. This paper investigated on status of coral reef and marine ecosystems during COVID-19 from government reports, ecotourism organizations and further developed a scheme for future ecotourism in GBR. The effect of decreasing human intervention from ecotourism was found to be having both positive and negative effects. With decreased human supervision, some species such as whales benefited from fewer pollutants and increased number at habitats, while some species under protection of human activities were threatened by decreasing nutrition provided by human supports. For future ecotourism schemes, there should be a balance between governance and the activity of local firms. Though marine ecotourism is supportive for environmental ecosystems, there is still a certain amount of negative effects from it and the government has to limit the level of human activity in GBR. Conversely, local firms require economic activity to survive from the damage caused by COVID-19. Therefore, game theory was applied to the ecotourism planning and the Nash equilibrium strategy could be used for maximizing payoff for both governance and local firms.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 7th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2022)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
29 April 2022
ISBN
10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.038
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2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.038How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.
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