Table 4. Estimated economic value of coral reef-related tourism in the Caribbean

Table 4. Estimated economic value of coral reef-related tourism in the Caribbean
Tourism Scenario	Source/ Assumptions

Gross Revenues (US$ million) Net Revenues (US$ million) Tourism in 2000

• Based on current statistics and market surveys

4,700

2,100

Tourism in 2015 (Healthy Reefs)

• Dive tourism grows at 7 percent per year

• No loss of revenue due to reef degradation

13,000

5,700

Tourism in 2015 (Degraded Reefs)

• Degradation of reefs results in loss of divers and revenue from a 7 percent annual growth trajectory

• Loss is related to level of threat or degradation
  – Low threat - no loss
  – Medium threat - 1-5 percent loss
  – High threat - 4-10 percent loss

12,400-12,800

5,400-5,600

Annual Loss by 2015 due to degraded reefs

200-600

100-300

SOURCE: Estimates developed at WRI (2004). Technical notes on methods and data sources available online at http://reefsatrisk.wri.org.