Research on shipborne tourism to the Ross Sea region and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands
Abstract An ongoing programme of tourist survey research, conducted since the 1990/91 summer season, is summarised. While focusing initially on the nature reserves of the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands, the programme was subsequently extended to encompass related tourist visits to Macquarie Islan...
Published in: | Polar Record |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1998
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400015230 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400015230 |
id |
crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400015230 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400015230 2024-03-03T08:37:56+00:00 Research on shipborne tourism to the Ross Sea region and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands Cessford, Gordon Dingwall, Paul R. 1998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400015230 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400015230 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 34, issue 189, page 99-106 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1998 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400015230 2024-02-08T08:41:39Z Abstract An ongoing programme of tourist survey research, conducted since the 1990/91 summer season, is summarised. While focusing initially on the nature reserves of the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands, the programme was subsequently extended to encompass related tourist visits to Macquarie Island (Australia) and the Ross Sea region of Antarctica. In accordance with expressed management information needs, the research objectives and the methodology, based on questionnaires distributed by national representatives aboard tour vessels, have evolved from general descriptive visitor surveys to more site-specific visitor assessments. Research findings emphasised that these tourists constitute a distinctive activity group. The impact issues they reported were mainly related to trampling and some site-specific wildlife disturbance, with other impact issues not being prominent. No notable dissatisfactions were apparent or visit improvements demanded, and strong support was indicated for most of the management restrictions applied to onshore visits. Methodological lessons from conducting this survey programme are briefly summarised, and suggestions for future research directions are made, with more emphasis on post-voyage evaluation surveys and assessments of physical impacts related to tourist visits. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Macquarie Island Polar Record Ross Sea Cambridge University Press Antarctic Ross Sea New Zealand Polar Record 34 189 99 106 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Cambridge University Press |
op_collection_id |
crcambridgeupr |
language |
English |
topic |
General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development |
spellingShingle |
General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development Cessford, Gordon Dingwall, Paul R. Research on shipborne tourism to the Ross Sea region and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands |
topic_facet |
General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development |
description |
Abstract An ongoing programme of tourist survey research, conducted since the 1990/91 summer season, is summarised. While focusing initially on the nature reserves of the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands, the programme was subsequently extended to encompass related tourist visits to Macquarie Island (Australia) and the Ross Sea region of Antarctica. In accordance with expressed management information needs, the research objectives and the methodology, based on questionnaires distributed by national representatives aboard tour vessels, have evolved from general descriptive visitor surveys to more site-specific visitor assessments. Research findings emphasised that these tourists constitute a distinctive activity group. The impact issues they reported were mainly related to trampling and some site-specific wildlife disturbance, with other impact issues not being prominent. No notable dissatisfactions were apparent or visit improvements demanded, and strong support was indicated for most of the management restrictions applied to onshore visits. Methodological lessons from conducting this survey programme are briefly summarised, and suggestions for future research directions are made, with more emphasis on post-voyage evaluation surveys and assessments of physical impacts related to tourist visits. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Cessford, Gordon Dingwall, Paul R. |
author_facet |
Cessford, Gordon Dingwall, Paul R. |
author_sort |
Cessford, Gordon |
title |
Research on shipborne tourism to the Ross Sea region and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands |
title_short |
Research on shipborne tourism to the Ross Sea region and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands |
title_full |
Research on shipborne tourism to the Ross Sea region and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands |
title_fullStr |
Research on shipborne tourism to the Ross Sea region and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands |
title_full_unstemmed |
Research on shipborne tourism to the Ross Sea region and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands |
title_sort |
research on shipborne tourism to the ross sea region and the new zealand sub-antarctic islands |
publisher |
Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
publishDate |
1998 |
url |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400015230 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400015230 |
geographic |
Antarctic Ross Sea New Zealand |
geographic_facet |
Antarctic Ross Sea New Zealand |
genre |
Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Macquarie Island Polar Record Ross Sea |
genre_facet |
Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Macquarie Island Polar Record Ross Sea |
op_source |
Polar Record volume 34, issue 189, page 99-106 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 |
op_rights |
https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400015230 |
container_title |
Polar Record |
container_volume |
34 |
container_issue |
189 |
container_start_page |
99 |
op_container_end_page |
106 |
_version_ |
1792502967810654208 |