Table of Contents

Contents

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Tourism and the Environment
• Background to Antarctic Tourism
• Limitations
• Definitions
• Chapter Outlines
• Concluding Comments
• Chapter 2. Tourism Operations and Management in Remote Areas: The Galapagos Islands, Arctic Region, and Sub-Antarctic Islands
• Introduction
• Galapagos Islands
• Arctic Region
• Sub-Antarctic Island
• Concluding Comments
• Chapter 3. Antarctica: The Resource and the Industry
• Introduction: The Resource
• Antarctica Defined
• The Natural Environment: Geography, Wildlife, and Flora
• Human Involvement in Antarctica
• Antarctica in the Context of International Law
• Conventions, Protocols, and Recommendations Under the Antarctic Treaty System
• Antarctic Resource Use
• Scientific Stations
• Concluding Comments
• Chapter 4. Antarctic Tourism: Development, Operation, and Management
• Introduction
• Tourism Definitions
• Antarctic Tourists
• The Antarctic Tour Cycle
• Tourist Attractions
• Antarctic Tourist Sites
• History of Antarctic Tourism
• Antarctic Tourism Products
• Ship-Based Tourism
• Aviation
• Land-Based Tourism
• Private Expeditions
• Management and Regulation of Commercial Antarctic Tourism
• Concluding Comment
• Chapter 5. The Impacts of Commercial Antarctic Tourism
• Antarctic Tourism Activities in Perspective
• Environmental Impacts of Antarctic Tourism in the Academic Literature
• Environmental Impacts of Antarctic Tourism in the Popular Press
• Observations of the Impact of Antarctic Tourism Activities
• Concluding Comments
• Chapter 6. Antarctic Tourists: Motivations, Expectations, and Images of Antarctica As a Tourist Destination
• Visitor Profiles in the Literature
• Background of the Visitor Surveys
• Analysis of Shipborne Tourist Responses Prior to Landing in Antarctica
• Analysis of Shipborne Antarctic Tourist Responses After Visiting the Antarctic
• Characteristics of Overflight Passengers and Their Images and Attitudes Toward Antarctica As a Tourist Destination
• Comparative Perceptual Images of Antarctic Visitors
• Concluding Comments
• Chapter 7. The Future of Antarctic Tourism
• Background to the Delphi Method
• The Delphi Technique Applied to Tourism
• Method and Panel Selection
• Legitimacy and Preferred Present Types of Tourism in the Antarctic
• The Future of Commercial Tourism in Antarctica and Its Impacts
• Other Types of Future Tourism Activities in Antarctica
• Future Developments in Antarctic Tourism
• Concluding Comments
• Chapter 8. Observations on the Operation of Tourism in Antarctica
• Sea-Borne Tourism in the Antarctic Peninsula
• Sea-Borne Tourism in the Ross Sea
• Operational Issues
• Observation of Antarctic Overflights
• Conclusion
• Opportunities for Future Research
• Bibliography
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

About the Author

Thomas Bauer