Coastal and maritime tourism

Why Coastal And Maritime Tourism:

The natural endowments of the oceans and coastal areas offer a wide range of facilities and activities for recreation. This makes these areas the preferred destination for many holiday makers worldwide.

This is why, coastal and maritime tourism is such a vital economic activity for many coastal states and maritime countries of the world. it is a sector of proven abilities to create jobs in both urban and remote rural areas. It is a sector with immense potentials which can be developed and linked intricately to many other sectors of the national economies of countries.

The development of coastal and maritime tourism is of great importance for economic growth and for the creation of jobs, especially for young people, because globally, most of tourism workers are young people. Coastal and maritime tourism can also be an important strategy for the diversification and resuscitation of national economies.

Maritime Tourism

Maritime tourism industry is largely water-based involving activities such as boating, yachting, cruising, nautical sports; deep sea diving etc, and it also includes the operation of landside facilities, manufacturing of equipment, and services necessary for this segment of tourism.

Coastal Tourism

Coastal tourism involves beach-based recreation and tourism activities such as swimming, surfing, sun bathing), and non-beach related land-based tourism in the coastal areas and all other tourism and recreation activities that take place for which the proximity of the sea is a condition, as well as the supplies and manufacturing industries associated to these activities.