Title :

World Heritage and Tourism: Towards Coviability? Reflections on the Case of Scuba Diving in the Lagoon of New Caledonia

Author(s) :

Dumas, Pascal [Auteur]
Ecologie marine tropicale des océans Pacifique et Indien [ENTROPIE [Nouvelle-Calédonie]]
Cohen, Olivier [Auteur]
Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale [ULCO]
Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187 [LOG]

Book title :

Coviability of Social and Ecological Systems: Reconnecting Mankind to the Biosphere in an Era of Global Change

Publisher :

Springer International Publishing

Publication place :

Cham

Publication date :

2019-03-13

ISBN :

978-3-319-78110-5

English keyword(s) :

World Heritage
UNESCO
Coviability
Tourism
Scuba Diving
New Caledonia

HAL domain(s) :

Planète et Univers [physics]/Sciences de la Terre/Géomorphologie
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Géographie

English abstract : [en]

The largest part of the lagoon of New Caledonia was registered in the list of world heritage of UNESCO in 2008. This registration is also a challenge: that of managing coviability between economic development and the ...
Show more >The largest part of the lagoon of New Caledonia was registered in the list of world heritage of UNESCO in 2008. This registration is also a challenge: that of managing coviability between economic development and the conservation of natural heritage. A survey conducted on the principal diving clubs in the archipelago allows the study of the evolution in tourists visiting the Lagoon (from 2005 to 2012). The analysis of interviews held with professionals in aquatic sports and tourism promotion agencies, along with the data from the Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, help to put into perspective the results of the study in order to make a comparison between before and after registration. Beyond measuring the attractiveness of the lagoon and putting into perspective the development of tourism in the territory and Oceania as a whole, we will address the process of listing the lagoon as world heritage site and the conditions for coviability between the protection of nature and scuba diving.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187

Source :

Harvested from HAL