Beach Tourism Carrying Capacity Assessment to Sea Level Rise Scenarios
Keywords:
Sea level rise, Tourism carrying capacity, Bruun modelAbstract
In the future, sea level rise due to climate change affects beaches. The tourism carrying capacity (TCC) assessment was chosen to determine the management capacity of a beach. Pattaya beach and Karon beach represents the character of a well-known beach in Thailand, while Chalatat beach and Thung wua lan beach represents the character of domestic tourism at beaches in Thailand. This study detected the shoreline position from Google Earth images with tidal correction to evaluate beach areas. The Bruun model was used for shoreline retreat projection. The result found that Chalatat beach areas are 253,666 m2 and Thung wua lan beach areas are 111,436 m2 in the present situation. TCC was calculated by using the beach area, correction factors, and management capacity. The results show that, the tourism carrying capacity is affected by beach areas, correction factors, and management capacity. The number of TCC was between 184,000 to 714,000. These findings should be considered in the planning of near-future coastal zone management to protect the tourism carrying capacity and beach areas from future sea level rise.
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