期刊名称:Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies
出版年度:2012
卷号:14
期号:1
页码:245
出版社:Loyola University Chicago
摘要:The marine economy includes the activities related to the sea, such as tourism, seafood, shipbuilding, transportation on sea and river, the extraction of marine materials, power generation, marine works, the submarine cables, the offshore oil, banking, Navy, government intervention and marine research.Nevertheless, tourism remains the most important economic activity, especially in the MENA region. In fact, tourism is by far the largest sector of the marine and coastal economy while primary activities, agriculture and fisheries, are struggling to maintain themselves.