Zainal Abidin, Siti Zulaiha and Mohamed, Badaruddin
(2014)
A Review of SCUBA Diving Impacts and Implication for Coral
Reefs Conservation and Tourism Management.
SHS Web of Conferences, 12 (01093).
pp. 1-8.
ISSN 2261-2424
Abstract
Dive tourism has become important in term of magnitude and significantly
contributes to regional economies. Nevertheless, in the absence of proper controls and
enforcement, unplanned tourism growth has caused environmental degradation which
undermines the long-term sustainability of the tourism industry. The purpose of this paper
is to explore factors that contribute to the SCUBA diving impacts on coral and fish
communities. This paper explains the causes of a certain event, validating the problem of
impacts, defining the core issues and identifies possible causes leading to an effect. The
phenomenon of diving impacts on coral reefs is a result of intensive use of dive site over
the long-term. The divers can reduce their impacts towards coral reefs through responsible
diving behaviors. The causes of cumulative diver’s contacts are more complicated than it
seems. In response, this paper proposes the best mitigation strategies that need to be
considered for future dive tourism management.
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