Being there: examining the behaviour of Antarctic tourists through their blogs

Most visitors to Antarctica today are commercial tourists. Over 150 000 tourists visited Antarctica between 2007 and 2010, making up more than 700 000 person/landings. Despite the scale of tourism in Antarctica, knowledge about its environmental impacts is generally inconclusive, and monitoring is l...

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Main Author: Ricardo M. Roura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2012-12-01
Series:Polar Research
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Online Access:http://www.polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/10905/pdf_1