Gutierrez Goizueta, GonzaloCastaño, JulianaVan Rooijen, Arnoldde Abreu, Claudia FrancaRendle, EmmaJongman, BrendenGonzalez Reguero, Borjavan Zanten, Boris2025-09-082025-09-082025-09-02Gonzalo Gutierrez Goizueta, Juliana Castaño, Arnold Van Rooijen, Claudia Franca de Abreu, Emma Rendle, Brenden Jongman, Borja Gonzalez Reguero and Boris van Zanten, 2025. Nature-based Solutions for Beach Stabilization: Opportunities for the Tourism Sector. World Bank, Washington, DC. License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY-NC 3.0 IGOhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/43686This report explores nature-based solutions (NBS) for beach stabilization within the Blue Economy framework, emphasizing sustainable ocean resource use for economic growth and ecosystem health. Coastal tourism, vital to developing regions and SIDS, benefits from these strategies. Targeting governments and tourism stakeholders, the report offers practical approaches to combat beach erosion, stressing that direct interventions should follow evaluation of non-intervention options. It educates the tourism sector on how NBS can enhance climate resilience and tourism outcomes, detailing erosion processes and methods with added social, environmental, and economic benefits for vulnerable communities with limited resources.en-USCC BY-NC 3.0 IGONATURE-BASED SOLUTIONSTOURISM SECTORBEACH SAND SOURCESBEACH EROSIONNOUAKCHOTT’S DUNE BELTARTIFICIAL CORAL REEFINTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENTReportWorld Bank10.1596/43686