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