VOLUME - 6, ISSUE – 2 , JULY.TO DEC ,2020 ISSN NO. : 2455-4642 (ONLINE)
IDEES –International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
(Peer Reviewed)
A Research Paper
on
PROSPECTS OF BLUE ECONOMY AND TOURISM IN INDIA
By
Ms. Pragya Singh
Student
Amity University, Noida; 8449069357;
Email id: [email protected]
1. Introduction:
The dependence of the human settlements on the marine resources for their food and
livelihood since thousands of years, is slowly evolving into a concept known as ‘Blue
Economy’. In the literature, Blue economy is synonymously used to marine economy or
coastal economy. The ‘marine economy’ is defined as the cluster of sectors that deals with
the market for end products (University of Massachusetts, 2006). Marine transport,
recreation, sea food, marine tourism are some of the sectors included in the marine economy.
The ‘coastal economy’ is the growth and employment activities that take place in and around
the coastal areas. It is as subset of the economy. The blue economy is concerned with the
sustainable use of the marine resources which plays an important role in the growth of the
coastal areas (Mohanty et al., 2015). The blue economy incorporates the principles of green
economy for the developments of oceans. These principles include low carbon emissions,
efficiency of the resources and social inclusion. This is corresponding to SDG 14 which talks
about sustainable development of ocean and marine resources(Mittra, 2017).One of the most
important sector of the blue economy is coastal tourism. This sector has the maximum ability
for the growth and development. India has emerged as the tourism hub since the last few
years. (FICCI Report). The sector generated employment and served as source of livelihood
for 42.7 million people (FICCI Report). The coastal tourism has developed so much that it
has reached its peak in the last few years (UNEP, 2018). The countries around the globe are
using the growth strategies to foster the inclusiveness of the smart and sustainable growth in
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