Polar Tourism: An Environmental Perspective (Aspects of Tourism, 43)

This book draws attention to the problems and issues surrounding fast-growing tourism in the highly sensitive wilderness areas of polar regions. The authors, both widely experienced in the practicalities of marine, land and heritage based polar tourism, discuss mainly polar issues, but their conclusions and management techniques apply equally to all environmentally sensitive areas throughout the world. Tourism Throughout The World Raises Environmental Issues That Are Often Concerned With Conflicting Rights And Responsibilities: The Inherent Right Of Mankind To Travel, The No-less Inherent Right Of Indigenous People To Guard Their Environmental Heritage, And The Responsibility Of Governments £ Local, National Or (in The Unique Case Of Antarctica) International £ To Protect Environments Over Which They Exercise Stewardship. Additionally, The Presence Of International Commercial Enterprises, Especially Marine And Other Mass Transport Modes, Represent Unique Governance Challenges. This Book Deals Mainly With Environmental Issues And The Management Implications Arising From Polar Tourism, One Of The Fastest-growing Sectors Of World Tourism. However, Many Of The Issues Discussed Here Arise No Less Urgently In Temperate And Tropical Wilderness Areas, And Indeed In Any Region Where Sensitive Environments Are Subjected To Mass Tourism. The Principles And Guidelines Discussed Here Are Of Interest And Practical Use In Tourism Studies Generally. Readers Of This Book Embark On A Stimulating Journey Into The World Of Polar Tourism. With A Focus On Management Aspects And Environmental Implications, The Intricacies Of Polar Tourism Are Discussed In An Educated And Thoughtful Manner. Further Conceptual Background Is Provided On Wilderness And Cultural Tourism To Enable An Informed Assessment Of The Framework Within Which Polar Tourism Operates. A Powerful Concluding Chapter Applies The Technique Of Multiple Resource Management Planning To Polar Tourism. This Book Is A Valuable Resource For Students, Academics And Policy-makers Alike.-daniela Liggett, Gateway Antarctica, University Of Canterbury, New Zealand--book Jacket. Arctic And Antarctic: Polar Regions And Environments -- Arctic Tourism: History And Development -- Antarctic Tourism: History And Development -- Tourism In Changing Polar Environments -- Wilderness Tourism: Challenges And Techniques -- Managing Shipborne Tourism -- Polar Cultural And Heritage Tourism -- Southern Oceans And Antarctic Tourism -- Managing Polar Tourism: A Way Forward. Bernard Stonehouse And John Snyder. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 209-217) And Index.