A PRESENT PERSPECTIVE ON MARINE RECREATIONS WITH CONSIDERATION OF THE WISE USE OF THE OCEAN ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

This paper presents a summary of the special session “Marine Recreation” The aim of the session lies on identifying relationship between marine recreations and tourism industries as well as sustainable management of marine recreational developments. The session consists of two parts: one part is presentation of the papers regarding with marine recreations and the other part is a panel discussion among panelists presenting the papers. Presented are 12 regular papers concerning various aspects of marine recreational activities and four invited papers concerning major marine recreational activities in Okinawa and tourism policies relevant to marine recreations. Among various topics discussed, contribution of marine recreations to tourism industries and management of ecotourism are most discussed.