THE GREAT BARRIER REEF

Judith Parejo
Laura Moretó
Roger Pérez
 Summary
1. Introduction
2. About the Great Barrier Reef
• Geographical background
• Social background
• Political background
3. Tourism in the Great Barrier Reef
4. Threats
• Human threats
• Natural threats
• Cyclical threats
5. Responses to the situation
• Tourism response to the situation
• What should we do?
6. Conclusion
 1. Introduction
• Would you like to visit it?
• What are we going to talk about?
• Why is it important?
 2. About the Great Barrier Reef
• What is it?
• How does it
work?
• Is it in any
kind of
danger? Why?
• Why should
we respect
and protect it?
Geographical background
Social background
Political background
 3. Tourism
• Why is the Great Barrier Reef so attractive?
• When did the tourism activities started there?
• How has it become a tourist destination?
• What does it mean for the region?
(economically and socially)
• How do we get to the Great Barrier Reef?
• Which activities can we do there?
3. Tourism
3. Tourism
3. Tourism
3. Tourism
 4. Threats
• What do we take as threats to the Great Barrier
Reef?
• Human threats:
Greenhouse
gases, shipping
accidents, oil
spills, over-
fishing, tourists
visits
• Natural threats: The
Crown of Thorns Starfish
• Cyclical threats: Water
temperature, climate
change
• RESULTS: Ocean
acidification, coral
bleaching
5. Responses to the situation
 Tourism response to the situation
• Negative responses
• Positive responses
• Do they care about the destination’s
preservation?
 What should we do?
• Are there any organizations taking care of
these environmental problems?
• Tips for tourists
• Tips for everybody
5. Take care
 Conclusion
• What have we learnt?
• Do we agree with the measures they are
taking to preserve this destination?
• Is tourism bad for the Great Barrier Reef?
• Would you still want to go there?
Thank you very much