Glacier Tourism Research Articles

Impacts of climate warming on alpine glacier tourism and adaptive measures: A case study of Baishui Glacier No. 1 in Yulong Snow Mountain, Southwestern China

Alpine glaciers usually feature with best hydrothermal condition in mountain climate, and present beautiful glacier scenery, various glacier landforms, rich biodiversity, and easier accessibility, compared with continental glaciers or ice sheets. Nevertheless, Alpine glaciers are more sensitive to climate warming, and climate warming has seriously affected Alpine glaciers and surrounding environment. The quality and attractiveness of Alpine glaciers to tourism has been and will continue to be diminished with tourists’ visitation and local economic development. At present, it has become a primary problem that Alpine glacier tourism adapts to climate warming. Based on this reason, the purpose of this article is to take Baishui (白水) Glacier No. 1 as an example to outline the possible impacts of climate warming on Alpine glacier tourism and put forward some adaptive measures and strategies aligned with climate warming. Specific measures are as follows: (1) optimize the space layout of glacier tourism area; (2) improve glacier tourism and environmental protection planning; (3) adopt multidimensional protective measures; (4) strengthen scientific research of glacier and environment protection; (5) develop glacier tourism products by multi-directions; (6) integrate regional tourism resources; (7) reinforce public environmental education.

Glaciers actuels et géomorphologie paraglaciaire, quelques exemples de valorisation touristique au sein de l'arc alpin (Glaciers and paraglacial geomorphology, some examples of tourist promotion in the Alps)

Glacier tourism took many forms during the last centuries. Contemplative or sporting, it turns nowadays on the discovery of an environment put in danger by human activities. Glaciological trails as well as interpretive centres, which develop in the Alps try to illustrate that these sightseeing landscapes are not sustainable. Endangered, they are witnesses to a climate history that should be better understood by the public in order to open and change people 's minds and maybe their lifestyles.

Development and conservation of glacier tourist resources—A case study of Bogda Glacier Park

Glacier is one kind of the most beautiful geological sightseeing in the world as well as a special kind of tourism resources. The characters of glacier tourism include scarcity, frangibility, localization of tourist activity, scientific connotation, and integrated function and value. The paper summarizes the latest researches in developing glacier tourism resources. Regarding the Bogda Glacier Park as an example, the authors analyze the characteristics of glacier tourism resources in detail and the conditions and potential threats of glacier tourism development. Suggestions on glacier tourism development and protection are given as follows: 1) to plan function subarea scientifically and reasonably; 2) to combine tourism, scientific research with ecological education; 3) to take countermeasures of environmental protection; 4) to integrate tourism resources and strengthening regional cooperation. Finally, emphases are put forward on resources conformity along the tourism line and cooperation of tourism management. The paper aims to seek after the coordination path in exploitation and protection of glacier tourism resources to guide the exploitation of other glacier tourism destinations.