TY - JOUR
T1 - Public views on tourist beach environment from multinational countries and ensuing changes during global epidemic
AU - Jeyakumar, Sakthi Selvalakshmi
AU - Ponniah, Jonathan Muthuswamy
AU - Vasudevan, Joshua
AU - Muñoz-Sevilla, Norma Patricia
AU - Urrutia-Goyes, Ricardo
AU - Escobedo-Urias, Diana Cecilia
AU - Rodriguez-Espinosa, Pedro Francisco
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The continuous endemic of the new SARS-CoV-2 virus brought a halt to the world’s activities from February 2020. Our study intends to gauge public perceptions on the consequences of post-pandemic changes on the marine environment, particularly as they are related to tourist beach amenities. Totally, 16 nations’ knowledge and views on various environmental viewpoints over the effects of epidemic were gathered through public polls live on social media during social confinement in 2020. The results indicate that around 85% of respondents were most concerned about the alarming sights of widespread plastic trash and the increase of dangerous biomedical wastes through wastewater in the marine ecosystem. The outcomes of this study will undoubtedly aid in the establishment of a management strategy and for future studies on the consequences of any epidemic on the beaches. Graphical Abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
AB - The continuous endemic of the new SARS-CoV-2 virus brought a halt to the world’s activities from February 2020. Our study intends to gauge public perceptions on the consequences of post-pandemic changes on the marine environment, particularly as they are related to tourist beach amenities. Totally, 16 nations’ knowledge and views on various environmental viewpoints over the effects of epidemic were gathered through public polls live on social media during social confinement in 2020. The results indicate that around 85% of respondents were most concerned about the alarming sights of widespread plastic trash and the increase of dangerous biomedical wastes through wastewater in the marine ecosystem. The outcomes of this study will undoubtedly aid in the establishment of a management strategy and for future studies on the consequences of any epidemic on the beaches. Graphical Abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
KW - Beach qualities
KW - Contemporary booming
KW - Plastic litter
KW - Post pandemic effects
KW - SARS-CoV-2
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85149819674&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11356-023-26277-x
DO - 10.1007/s11356-023-26277-x
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 36917386
AN - SCOPUS:85149819674
SN - 0944-1344
JO - Environmental Science and Pollution Research
JF - Environmental Science and Pollution Research
ER -