New Issues in Polar Tourism

This book surveys and analyzes a decade of growing interest in polar regions, and the consequent challenges and opportunities of increasing tourist traffic in formerly remote and seldom-visited places which are especially vulnerable to disturbance by visitors.

New Issues in Polar Tourism traces and analyzes a decade of growing interest in the polar regions, and the consequent challenges and opportunities of increasing tourist traffic in formerly remote and seldom-visited places. The book arises from the recently-formed International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN), and documents the outcomes of its 2010 conference, held at Sweden's Abisko Scientific Research Station.

Focuses attention on land-based tourism in the Arctic and Antarctic regions Combines theoretical contributions with new empirical data from hitherto seldom-covered sources and destinations Spans disciplines to discuss conservation, tourism, indigenous populations, resource extracting activities, science and international cooperation

Inhalt

1. Introduction: New Issues in Polar Tourism.- 2. Looking Back, Venturing Forward: Challenges For Academia, Community and Industry in Polar Tourism Research.- 3. What is Arctic Tourism, and Who Should Define It? .- 4. Narrative Frameworks of Consideration: Horizontal and Vertical Approaches to Conceptualising the Sub-Antarctic.- 5. Reaching Consensus on Antarctic Tourism Regulation.- 6. The Effectiveness of Environmental Impact Assessments on Visitor Activity in the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica.- 7. German Tourism Activities in the Antarctic Area A Governmental Perspective.- 8. The Wild North Network Cooperation for Sustainable Tourism in a Fragile Marine Environment in the Arctic Region.- 9. Tourism Resolving Crisis? Exploring Tourism Development in Iceland in the Wake of Economic Recession.- 10. A (Ski) Trip into the Future - Climate Change and Winter Tourism in Polar Sweden in 2040.- 11. Conflicting Discourses in Tourism Development - A Case of Kilpisjärvi Village, Finnish Lapland.- 12. Will 'Free Entry into the Forest' Remain? Argumentation Analysis of Finnish and Swedish Discussions on Everyman's Rights.- 13. National Parks for Tourism Development in Sub-Arctic Areas Curse or Blessing? The Case of a Proposed National Park in Northern Sweden.- 14. Indigenous People: Discussing the Forgotten Dimension of Dark Tourism and Battlefield Tourism.- 15. New Issues in Polar Tourism: Conclusion.- Index.