Tourism in the Polar Regions: The Sustainability Challenge
Tourism is a growing activity in the Polar Regions. In the Arctic, tourism is already an important component of the economies of the north. In the Antarctic, the number of tourists landing on continental Antarctica continues to rise sharply. There are serious concerns that tourism is promoting envir...
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ftunep:oai:wedocs.unep.org:20.500.11822/9147 2023-05-15T13:56:25+02:00 Tourism in the Polar Regions: The Sustainability Challenge United Nations Environment Programme The International Ecotourism Society DTIE Polar Region 2016-10-11T20:10:58Z application/pdf https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/9147 English eng 470 978-92-807-2813-2 DTI/0938/PA https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/9147 Public polar region sustainability tourism geography economics arctic region Climate Change Ecosystem Management Environment Under Review Reports and Books 2016 ftunep 2022-12-31T14:04:39Z Tourism is a growing activity in the Polar Regions. In the Arctic, tourism is already an important component of the economies of the north. In the Antarctic, the number of tourists landing on continental Antarctica continues to rise sharply. There are serious concerns that tourism is promoting environmental degradation in the Polar Regions (especially in the Arctic) by putting extra pressures on land, wildlife, water and other basic necessities, and on transportation facilities. This publication explains issues and impacts of relevance to polar tourism and provides a selection of good practices for various stakeholders. The publication builds on UNEP-UNWTO 12 principles on sustainable tourism development. The trends and patterns of tourism in Polar Regions are summarised and agenda of policy implication is identified. The publication addresses the main challenges related with the following impacts of tourism in the Polar Regions: Land management Biodiversity conservation Cultural Heritage and Climate change. Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Climate change UNEP Document Repository (UN Environment Programme) Arctic Antarctic The Antarctic |
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Tourism is a growing activity in the Polar Regions. In the Arctic, tourism is already an important component of the economies of the north. In the Antarctic, the number of tourists landing on continental Antarctica continues to rise sharply. There are serious concerns that tourism is promoting environmental degradation in the Polar Regions (especially in the Arctic) by putting extra pressures on land, wildlife, water and other basic necessities, and on transportation facilities. This publication explains issues and impacts of relevance to polar tourism and provides a selection of good practices for various stakeholders. The publication builds on UNEP-UNWTO 12 principles on sustainable tourism development. The trends and patterns of tourism in Polar Regions are summarised and agenda of policy implication is identified. The publication addresses the main challenges related with the following impacts of tourism in the Polar Regions: Land management Biodiversity conservation Cultural Heritage and Climate change. |
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Tourism in the Polar Regions: The Sustainability Challenge |
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Tourism in the Polar Regions: The Sustainability Challenge |
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