Many small island economies are sustained by tourism and have invested heavily in associated infrastructure and capacity building . Some rural island communities have become dependent on tourism to the point that it would be difficult to revert to subsistence living . Coast-focused  tourism in island contexts is already being impacted by beach erosion, elevated high SST causing coral bleaching, and associated marine-biodiversity loss, as well as more intense TCs . The COVID-19 pandemic travel disruption significantly affected the tourism sector of Caribbean islands by reducing incomes that would have been used to enhance climate resilience . Many tourism interests downplay the impacts and future risks
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