Hielo

• Published in: Revue de géographie alpine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: PERSEE 2002
• Subjects: Tourism; ecological impacts of tourism; environmental management; Maritime Antarctic; Antarctique maritime; gestion environnementale; impacts écologiques du tourisme; Tourisme; Antarctic; Hielo; islas Shetland del Sur; Shetland del Sur; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctique*; Antártida
• Online Access: http://www.persee.fr/doc/rga_0035-1121_2002_num_90_1_3069; https://doi.org/10.3406/rga.2002.3069

Abstract: Ice mountains sea and wilderness: tourism in the South Shetland Islands (Maritime Antarctic). Tourism in the Antarctic began in the 1950s but the most remarkable growth has been relatively recent with an increase of 550 % in tourist numbers over the last decade. To date 800,000 tourists ha...