TY - JOUR
T1 - Tourists in Antarctica
T2 - numbers and trends
AU - Enzenbacher, Debra J.
N1 - Funding Information:
the effectso f tourista ctivityi n Antarctica is Project Antarctic Conservation, an internationali nitiative baseda t the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. Supported by the British Antarctic Survey, and involving Chilean and Argentine collaboration, this project has the logistic support and cooperationo f a number of tour operators.T his pilot project, made possible by a grant to Dr Bernard Stonehouse from the World Wide Fund for Nature, startedo n the South Shetland Islands in December 1991. As the start of a multi-year project, researchersp lanned to map and catalogue vegetation, breeding and nestings iteso f wildlife and siteso f historical or archaeologicailn teresta t a site frequently visited by tour parties, to monitor tour party activities with the aim of measuringim pactsa nd developing management guidelines and to survey tourists’ expectations and responses.D ata from this study will be usefult o policy makersa ttemp-ting to understandt he impactsg ener-ated by the commercialt ourist industry in Antarctica.
PY - 1993/4
Y1 - 1993/4
N2 - More than 45 000 tourists have visited the Antarctic since 1957; numbers per year are provided. A brief history of sea and airborne tourism in Antarctica reveals past and current trends. The formation of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators and its role in the self-regulated tourism industry in Antarctica are considered, together with the implications of recently promulgated Antarctic Treaty Recommendation XVI-13. The highest recorded single season presence occurred during the 1991-1992 season when nearly 6500 tourists visited the Antarctic Treaty Area, a number shown to exceed the combined number of scientists and support personnel from all National Antarctic Programmes. The Antarctic Treaty System provides a suitable framework within which to develop measures to protect Antarctica from tourist activity. However, regulations developed must be based on hard data on the size and impact of the industry to be effectively implemented.
AB - More than 45 000 tourists have visited the Antarctic since 1957; numbers per year are provided. A brief history of sea and airborne tourism in Antarctica reveals past and current trends. The formation of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators and its role in the self-regulated tourism industry in Antarctica are considered, together with the implications of recently promulgated Antarctic Treaty Recommendation XVI-13. The highest recorded single season presence occurred during the 1991-1992 season when nearly 6500 tourists visited the Antarctic Treaty Area, a number shown to exceed the combined number of scientists and support personnel from all National Antarctic Programmes. The Antarctic Treaty System provides a suitable framework within which to develop measures to protect Antarctica from tourist activity. However, regulations developed must be based on hard data on the size and impact of the industry to be effectively implemented.
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U2 - 10.1016/0261-5177(93)90048-P
DO - 10.1016/0261-5177(93)90048-P
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027760311
SN - 0261-5177
VL - 14
SP - 142
EP - 146
JO - Tourism Management
JF - Tourism Management
IS - 2
ER -