Contextualising Antarctic tourism diversification : tourism management implications from multinational policy debates
Beyond the growth in tourist numbers, tourism in the Antarctic has been rapidly diversifying over the last decades. This paper examines Antarctic tourism policy documents from 1961 to 2022 while exploring Antarctic tourism diversification’s historical development and current state. The paper frames...
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ftunivwagenin:oai:library.wur.nl:wurpubs/630482 2024-09-15T17:48:43+00:00 Contextualising Antarctic tourism diversification : tourism management implications from multinational policy debates Makanse, Yousra 2024 application/pdf https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/contextualising-antarctic-tourism-diversification-tourism-managem https://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2024.2342113 en eng https://edepot.wur.nl/658989 https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/contextualising-antarctic-tourism-diversification-tourism-managem doi:10.1080/2154896X.2024.2342113 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Wageningen University & Research Polar Journal 14 (2024) 1 ISSN: 2154-896X Antarctic treaty system Antarctica governance management policy tourism diversification Article/Letter to editor 2024 ftunivwagenin https://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2024.2342113 2024-08-21T01:19:00Z Beyond the growth in tourist numbers, tourism in the Antarctic has been rapidly diversifying over the last decades. This paper examines Antarctic tourism policy documents from 1961 to 2022 while exploring Antarctic tourism diversification’s historical development and current state. The paper frames Antarctic tourism diversification, clarifying its dimensions, expressed concerns, and suggested policy options for tourism management and regulation. The results reveal that policy discussions were often not aligned with the practice of tourism in the Antarctic, indicating a lack of a comprehensive understanding of its extent and dimensions. While Treaty Parties have long recognized and voiced several concerns over tourism diversification, they have achieved little progress toward regulation and concrete management actions. Market-based processes and policy indecisiveness, including inaction, strongly influence diversification processes. Given tourism’s increasing importance and potential effects, a structural understanding of tourism diversification, its ramifications, processes, and policy relationships is essential to proactively shape Antarctic tourism governance. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre): Digital Library The Polar Journal 14 1 270 313 |
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Beyond the growth in tourist numbers, tourism in the Antarctic has been rapidly diversifying over the last decades. This paper examines Antarctic tourism policy documents from 1961 to 2022 while exploring Antarctic tourism diversification’s historical development and current state. The paper frames Antarctic tourism diversification, clarifying its dimensions, expressed concerns, and suggested policy options for tourism management and regulation. The results reveal that policy discussions were often not aligned with the practice of tourism in the Antarctic, indicating a lack of a comprehensive understanding of its extent and dimensions. While Treaty Parties have long recognized and voiced several concerns over tourism diversification, they have achieved little progress toward regulation and concrete management actions. Market-based processes and policy indecisiveness, including inaction, strongly influence diversification processes. Given tourism’s increasing importance and potential effects, a structural understanding of tourism diversification, its ramifications, processes, and policy relationships is essential to proactively shape Antarctic tourism governance. |
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