Vereinbarkeit von Naturschutz und Tourismus auf den Seychellen —Projekte, Potentiale und Probleme

摘要

The main resource of the Republic of the Seychelles, founded in 1976, consists of significant parts of anatural environment which attracts visitors from worldwide. The fragile economy of this small islandstate depends primarily on the tourism sector. With a land area of 455 km~2, space is very limited. Sincethe end of the 1970s nearly half of the country has been under conservation status to protect that naturaltreasure. In order to minimize the potential negative impacts on the environment, the government de-cided in the 1980s to focus the development of the tourism industry on a five star level, with a restrictednumber of visitors, to avoid mass tourism. During the last 30 years the Seychelles Islands have provedtheir ability to tackle the conflicts arising from tourism and the conservation of a natural environment.Although the existing problems require further improvements, the Seychelles Islands are nevertheless asuccessful example for the compatibility between conservation and tourism.