Tourists' Impact on Coral Reefs

Nowadays, tourism has become a major force in industry; both international and domestic tourism are bringing many benefits to the economy. It has had sustained growth in the last quarter of the twentieth century. According to Cooper(1989), 'Tourism generates and supports 204 million jobs. This is equivalent to more than 10% of the world's workforce and is forecast to rise to over 11% of global manpower in the early years of the next millennium.' It is hard …

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