Sustainable Tourism: Case Study Contrasts
Sustainable Tourism: the development of an area for tourism using techniques and approaches that will help to preserve the environment and culture for the future.
| Maldives | Machu Picchu | Yosemite | ||
| Visitors per year |
500,000 |
450,000 |
4,200,000 |
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| Management scheme cost |
N/A¹ |
$6,100,000² |
$441,000,000 |
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| Importance to the national economy |
High |
High |
Low |
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| Importance to the local economy |
High |
High |
High |
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| Tourist jobs filled by local people³ |
50% |
90% |
100% |
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| Leakages |
High |
High |
Low |
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| Main transport used to visit |
Air |
Train |
Car |
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| Entry fee | None | US$20 | US$20 | |
| Severe environmental impact |  |
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| Severe social and cultural impact | |
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| Indigenous people disconnected from their culture | |
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| Sustainable management plan |
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| Control tourist numbers | |
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| Reduce tourist numbers | |
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| Reduce tourist facilities |  |
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| Increase tourist facilities | |
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| Small scale developments | |
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| Buildings blend-in | |
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| Segregate tourists from local population | |
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| Facilities reserved for local population | |
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| Restrict car access | |
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| Ban on plastic bottles | |
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| Licensed tour operators only | |
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| Compulsory use of local guides | |
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| World Heritage Site | |
¹ The Maldives tourist industry
was developed using Development Aid and private investment based on sustainable
strategies from the building of its first resort in 1972.
² Funded by 'debt for nature swap' with Finland
³ Estimated data