Marine Tech for Tourism Industrial Transformation in Developing Emerging Marine Tourism for Environmental Sustainability in the Greater Bay Area

Yayun Dong

doi:10.54097/7xw2gn80

Authors

Yayun Dong

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/7xw2gn80

Keywords:

Marine Tourism, Great-Bay Area, Tourism Industry, Marine Exhibition, Sustainable Development, Marine-Tech

Abstract

Through case study method researching the possibility of transformating the economic development mode of the Greater Bay Area, this paper aims to find how marine technology can help the sustainable tourism development in Greater Bay Area. As part of this paper, efforts will be made to clean up tourism pollutants, educate and publicize the need to safeguard the marine environment and use coral planting to develop new ecotourism to improve the GBA's sustainable development model. By discovering the current development dilemmas faced by the Greater Bay Area, we will explore how sustainable economic development can contribute to its development. According to our preliminary findings, coral planting contributes substantially to marine ecology and has been used to maintain aquatic product quality and diversity in South Africa and Malaysia, as well as to protect coastal cities from erosion. To develop environmental sustainability in the GBA, an investigation of emerging marine tourism industries is proposed through a marine exhibition and coral planting project. Meanwhile, exploring the limitation would be met when conduct marine tech for sustainable economic development.

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