22/08/2026
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Tourist Environmental Awareness and Conservation Engagement in a Caribbean Marine Protected Island System: Evidence from Cozumel, Mexico
by Nadia T. Rubio-Cisneros, Alejandro Escalera-Briceño, Igor I. Rubio-Cisneros, Leslie S. González-Rodríguez, José Ignacio González-Rojas, Gabriel Ruiz-Ayma and Antonio Guzmán-Velasco.
Tourism is a major driver of economic growth in tropical island destinations but also places increasing pressure on fragile marine ecosystems. This study examined tourists’ environmental awareness, perceptions, and conservation-related behaviors on Cozumel Island, part of the Mesoamerican Reef Sys...