Economic Contributions of Visitor Spending in Ocean Recreation in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Gazal, Kathryn; Andrew, Ross G.; Burns, Robert Ignatius

doi:10.3390/w14020198

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“…and S. siderea, are likely ongoing in many parts of the region. This increasing shift to reef erosion is concerning both ecologically and economically as Florida's reef habitats are home to a wide range of culturally and economically important fish species, contribute to a nearly $2 billion (USD) annual tourism industry, that supports ~20,000 jobs, and provide shoreline protection valued at >$600 million in coastal hazard risk reduction (Ault et al, 1998;Reguero et al, 2021;Gazal et al, 2022).…”

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Stony coral tissue loss disease accelerated shifts in coral composition and declines in reef accretion potential in the Florida Keys

Toth,

Courtney,

Colella

et al. 2023

Front. Mar. Sci.

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Outbreaks of coral disease have been a dominant force shaping western Atlantic coral-reef assemblages since the late 1970s. Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is nonetheless having an unprecedented impact in the region. Whereas numerous studies over the last decade have worked to characterize this novel pathogen and its impacts on coral populations, few have quantified its functional effects on reef ecosystems. Of particular importance is how SCTLD may be impacting the essential reef-accretion process and the myriad ecosystem services it supports. Here, we evaluated the impact of SCTLD on reef-accretion potential by estimating carbonate budgets and taxon-level carbonate production at 43 sites throughout the Florida Keys from 2016−2022. Average regional reef-accretion potential declined from an already low, but positive rate of 0.30 ± 0.16 mm y-1 (mean ± standard error) in 2016 before the disease was first observed, to a state of accretionary stasis (0.08 ± 0.12 mm y-1) by 2022. This 70% relative decline in reef-accretion potential was driven by the loss of reef-building corals, with significant decreases in carbonate production by massive taxa including Colpophyllia natans, Montastraea cavernosa, Pseudodiploria strigosa, Orbicella spp., and Siderastrea siderea, and increasing contributions from less susceptible, weedy taxa including Millepora spp., Agaricia spp., and Porites astreoides. In general, changes in taxon-level carbonate production following the SCTLD outbreak mirror long-term shifts in reef assemblages in response to previous stressors. One striking exception, however, is S. siderea, which had become increasingly dominant in recent decades, but declined significantly in response to SCTLD. Overall, by further decimating the already depauperate reef-building coral populations in the Florida Keys, SCTLD has caused a functionally significant shift in the composition of Florida’s coral-reef assemblages and accelerated the loss of regional reef-building capacity. The dire impacts of the disease in south Florida may serve as an early warning that the persistence of the invaluable ecological and socioeconomic functions coral reefs provide will be increasingly threatened throughout the western Atlantic in the aftermath of SCTLD.

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Stony coral tissue loss disease accelerated shifts in coral composition and declines in reef accretion potential in the Florida Keys

Toth,

Courtney,

Colella

et al. 2023

Front. Mar. Sci.

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“…El turismo es una actividad importante dentro de las regiones, ya que propicia la atracción del gasto e inversión (Prasetio et al, 2022), convirtiéndose en un renglón relevante para el crecimiento y desarrollo económico (Schubert et al, 2010, citados en Brida et al, 2014Ibáñez y Rodríguez, 2012;Gambarota y Lorda, 2017;Uriostegui-Díaz et al, 2019;Gazal et al, 2022;Vieira et al, 2020;Bailoa y Cravo, 2020), al punto que la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL, 2020) lo considera como un eje fundamental que contribuye a las exportaciones, al producto interno bruto y al empleo. Por tanto, de acuerdo con el último Barómetro del Turismo Mundial de la Organización Mundial del Turismo (OMT, 2022), el turismo en el mundo se sigue recuperando de los efectos que le trajo la pandemia por la COVID-19 y, para el primer trimestre de 2022, los destinos en general recibieron casi el triple de llegadas internacionales (117 millones de llegadas internacionales) en comparación con el mismo periodo para 2021 (41 millones de llegadas internacionales).…”

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Modelo de la conducta planificada para la promoción del turismo civilizado: caso Villa de Leyva (Boyacá, Colombia)

Neme-Chaves¹,

Molina²,

Lesmes-Ortiz³

2023

Rev. CEA

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El comportamiento del turista en los destinos es un factor relevante de la planificación turística y de gestión de los territorios, buscando con ello generar procesos de desarrollo económico alineados con la sostenibilidad ambiental, social y cultural. No obstante, el crecimiento masivo del turismo en municipios como Villa de Leyva, en Boyacá (Colombia), presenta desafíos en el equilibrio de la actividad económica con la mitigación de problemas ambientales e impacto a la calidad de vida de los habitantes, provocados por los comportamientos incivilizados de los turistas. En este sentido, la presente investigación buscó evaluar los factores clave que influyen en los comportamientos civilizados de los turistas en el contexto de turismo en Villa de Leyva, a través del modelo de la conducta planeada, en la cual participaron 287 personas entre los dieciocho y setenta y seis años. La metodología aplicada se abordó a partir del análisis factorial confirmatorio y modelado de ecuaciones estructurales. Los resultados mostraron que el modelo tiene índices de ajuste adecuados, CFI 0.99, TLI 0.98, RMSEA 0.037. Finalmente, se evidencia que, tanto las actitudes como el control conductual percibido, influyen positiva y significativamente en la intención de comportamiento civilizado en el contexto de turismo de Villa de Leyva. Se discuten las implicaciones teóricas y de gestión de los hallazgos.

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The relationship between tourism and the environment in Florida, USA: A media content analysis

Macdonald¹,

Turffs²,

McEntee³

et al. 2023

Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights

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Economic Contributions of Visitor Spending in Ocean Recreation in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Cited by 6 publications

References 19 publications

Stony coral tissue loss disease accelerated shifts in coral composition and declines in reef accretion potential in the Florida Keys

Stony coral tissue loss disease accelerated shifts in coral composition and declines in reef accretion potential in the Florida Keys

Modelo de la conducta planificada para la promoción del turismo civilizado: caso Villa de Leyva (Boyacá, Colombia)

The relationship between tourism and the environment in Florida, USA: A media content analysis

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