Coral Triangle Tourismworld Bank Belize Tourism

The coral triangle the global centre of marine biodiversity is an area of 6 million square kilometers that includes parts of indonesia malaysia the philippines papua new guinea timor leste and the solomon islands.

Istanbul tourism bureau. Enter the coral triangle. The 2018 environmental performance index ranked indonesia at 133 out of 180 countries and some estimates suggest that the archipelago is the source of around 10 per cent of the worlds plastic waste. The coral triangle includes the land and seas of six countries.

This region encompasses portions of two biogeographic regions. The coral triangle asia pacific. This stretch of underwater paradise extends from eastern borneo to the philippines bali the solomon islands and a huge chunk of indonesia.

The coral triangle covers a huge area including eastern borneo bali the philippines indonesia and the solomon islands. Special thanks to lee goldman marine biologist and snorkeling guide of coral triangle adventures. Jim sano vice president of travel tourism and conservation from the world wildlife fund.

Other managed areas might allow marine tourism and. Its sheer size alone qualifies it to be on the list of spots for best snorkeling in the world. Once a sleepy fishing community placencia village has now become one of belizes most important tourist destinations.

The dewi nusantara concentrates on the indonesian part of the vast area. The triangle hosts about 75 percent of all known coral species in the world. Collectively known as ct6 they are indonesia malaysia papua new guinea the philippines solomon islands and timor leste.

The coral triangle is a roughly triangular area of the tropical marine waters of indonesia malaysia papua new guinea philippines solomon islands and timor leste that contain at least 500 species of reef building corals in each ecoregion. Indonesia is the worlds largest island country with more than 17000 islands and a population over 260 million. The indonesian philippines region and the far southwestern pacific region.

According to the asian development bank the coral triangle has exceptionally high marine biodiversity harbouring 76 of the 798 known coral species and 37 of the 6000 worldwide coral reef fish species. A scrappy mix of dive shops hotels and restaurantsincluding an italian gelateria that has done good business for almost 15 yearsabounds along the colorful main road which terminates at a lively dock. It also contains 647 million hectares of land and sea.

The best part of the experience is that snorkelers dont have to go deep to check out the regions 2000 species of reef fish.