1. Coral Reef Systems as a Tourism Resource PART I: The ecology and governance of coral reefs 2. Coral Reefs: Impacts and Sustainability in the South Pacific Islands 3. Coral based tourism in Egypt's Red Sea 4. Australia's Great Barrier Reef - Protection, Threats, Value and Tourism Use 5. Strategic Caribbean Coral Reef Tourism Management PART II: Threats and sustainability issues facing coral reef tourism 6. The potential for coral bleaching to affect long-term destination sustainability 7. Belize Barrier Reef System - A Threatened Biodiversity Hotspot 8. Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys: The Threats of a Changing Sea 9. Whale shark tourism at Ningaloo Reef: Successes, challenges and what's next? PART III: Development and management of coral reef tourism activities 10. Ecotourism and coral reef restoration: Case studies from Thailand and the Maldives 11. Tourism and fishing in paradise: a case study of the Maldives 12. A narrative approach to understanding recreational dive tourists' experiences on coral reefs 13. Tourist satisfaction and expenditures in a reef-adjoining dolphin watching industry in Lovina, Bali Indonesia 14. Tourism development and impacts on reef conservation in Brazil 15. Impacts of vessel-based day tours on coral reefs: Observations from snorkel tours in Maui, Hawai'i¿ Part IV: Indigenous use, the media and the way forward 16. Indigenous coral reef tourism 17. Media in coral reef tourism management - indications from online travel magazines 18. Findings and Research Issues - where to from here?

Bruce Prideaux is Professor of Tourism, School of Business and Law, Central Queensland University, Australia. He is the author or editor of 11 books, 120 research articles and 84 book chapters. His interests include sustainability, climate change, marine and rainforest tourism, and regional tourism development.

Anja Pabel is a Lecturer in Tourism, School of Business and Law, Central Queensland University, Australia. Her research interests are tourist behaviour, marine tourism, tourism sustainability and humour research.

Coral reefs are an important tourism resource for many coastal and island destinations and generate a range of benefits to their local communities, including as a food source, income from tourism, employment and recreational opportunities. However, coral reefs are under increasing threat from climate change and related impacts such as coral bleaching and ocean acidification. Other anthropogenic stresses include over-fishing, anchor damage, coastal development, agricultural run-off, sedimentation and coral mining.
This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to review these issues as they relate to the sustainable management of coral reef tourism destinations. It incorporates coral reef science, management, conservation and tourism perspectives and takes a global perspective of coral reef tourism issues covering many of the world's most significant coral reef destinations. These include the Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo Reef in Australia, the Red Sea, Pacific Islands, South East Asia, the Maldives, the Caribbean islands, Florida Keys and Brazil. Specific issues addressed include climate change, pollution threats, fishing, island tourism, scuba diving, marine wildlife, governance, sustainability, conservation and community resilience. The book also issues a call for more thoughtful development of coral reef experiences where the ecological needs of coral reefs are placed ahead of the economic desires of the tourism industry.