Investigating the impact of coastal tourism on the environmental sustainability of Bandar Abbas city

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1 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Tourism, University of Tehran, Iran

2 Ph.D. student of Business Administration, Department of Management, Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran

10.22059/ije.2024.383589.1843

Abstract

Objective: Human interest in the seas and oceans has created a multi-million dollar industry in tourism; an industry called marine and coastal tourism. The tourism industry is known as a smoke-free activity and a model of sustainable development, but in coastal cities such as Bandar Abbas, the focus is more on mass tourism and its economic benefits. This causes negative environmental impacts to be less considered.
 Method: The present study investigated the impacts of coastal tourism on the environment using a descriptive-analytical method. Information was collected through library studies, reliable internet sources such as Taylor & Francis, WILEY, Elsevier, and field surveys including questionnaires, interviews, and observations. A researcher-made questionnaire with validity confirmed by professors at the University of Tehran and a reliability of over 80 percent was used, and the data were analyzed with SPSS software.
Results: The results showed that the impact of coastal tourism on air pollution, noise, disease outbreaks, and coastal water pollution is low, but it has many negative effects on garbage accumulation, park destruction, increased traffic, and visual pollution.
Conclusions: Finally, solutions have been proposed to reduce these negative impacts and guide tourism towards sustainable development, including resource management, local community education, and the creation of sustainable infrastructure

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  • Receive Date: 18 September 2024
  • Revise Date: 02 November 2024
  • Accept Date: 09 December 2024
  • First Publish Date: 10 December 2024
  • Publish Date: 21 December 2024

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