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learn about the importance of marine

conservation and local culture. Additionally,

sustainable tourism activities can generate

income for both local communities and MPAs.

Sustainable tourism is particularly promising

as a key mechanism for local communities to

benefit from the environmental and

biodiversity resources of the MPA, such that

they may be motivated to preserve those

resources.

5/ Sustainability is central to tourism’s

future:

Given the aim of this special issue, it is

reasonable to think about what sustainable

tourism research conducted so far has

achieved in terms of encouraging positive

change to tourism practice. Recognizing the

need for urgent change, it is easy to give way

to impatience and expect change to be more

rapid than is the case. To this end,

acknowledging where tourism research has

risen from, to today‘s position, is a cause for

some encouragement.

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