Abstract
Contents * Foreword * Acknowledgments * Abbreviations and Acronyms * Chapter 1. Introduction * Tourism and the Environment * Background to Antarctic Tourism * Limitations * Definitions * Chapter Outlines * Concluding Comments * Chapter 2. Tourism Operations and Management in Remote Areas: The Galapagos Islands, Arctic Region, and Sub-Antarctic Islands * Introduction * Galapagos Islands * Arctic Region * Sub-Antarctic Island * Concluding Comments * Chapter 3. Antarctica: The Resource and the Industry * Introduction: The Resource * Antarctica Defined * The Natural Environment: Geography, Wildlife, and Flora * Human Involvement in Antarctica * Antarctica in the Context of International Law * Conventions, Protocols, and Recommendations Under the Antarctic Treaty System * Antarctic Resource Use * Scientific Stations * Concluding Comments * Chapter 4. Antarctic Tourism: Development, Operation, and Management * Introduction * Tourism Definitions * Antarctic Tourists * The Antarctic Tour Cycle * Tourist Attractions * Antarctic Tourist Sites * History of Antarctic Tourism * Antarctic Tourism Products * Ship-Based Tourism * Aviation * Land-Based Tourism * Private Expeditions * Management and Regulation of Commercial Antarctic Tourism * Concluding Comment * Chapter 5. The Impacts of Commercial Antarctic Tourism * Antarctic Tourism Activities in Perspective * Environmental Impacts of Antarctic Tourism in the Academic Literature * Environmental Impacts of Antarctic Tourism in the Popular Press * Observations of the Impact of Antarctic Tourism Activities * Concluding Comments * Chapter 6. Antarctic Tourists: Motivations, Expectations, and Images of Antarctica As a Tourist Destination * Visitor Profiles in the Literature * Background of the Visitor Surveys * Analysis of Shipborne Tourist Responses Prior to Landing in Antarctica * Analysis of Shipborne Antarctic Tourist Responses After Visiting the Antarctic * Characteristics of Overflight Passengers and Their Images and Attitudes Toward Antarctica As a Tourist Destination * Comparative Perceptual Images of Antarctic Visitors * Concluding Comments * Chapter 7. The Future of Antarctic Tourism * Background to the Delphi Method * The Delphi Technique Applied to Tourism * Method and Panel Selection * Legitimacy and Preferred Present Types of Tourism in the Antarctic * The Future of Commercial Tourism in Antarctica and Its Impacts * Other Types of Future Tourism Activities in Antarctica * Future Developments in Antarctic Tourism * Concluding Comments * Chapter 8. Observations on the Operation of Tourism in Antarctica * Sea-Borne Tourism in the Antarctic Peninsula * Sea-Borne Tourism in the Ross Sea * Operational Issues * Observation of Antarctic Overflights * Conclusion * Opportunities for Future Research * Bibliography * Index * Reference Notes Included
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