Cruise Tourism in Polar Regions Promoting Environmental and Social Sustainability?

• Main Authors: Lück, Michael, Maher, Patrick T. (Patrick Timothy), Stewart, Emma J. (Emma Julie)
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 2010; Taylor and Francis; Earthscan; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Environmental aspects; Environmental conditions; Ocean travel; Ocean travel > Environmental aspects > Polar regions; Polar Regions; Polar regions > Environmental conditions; Sustainable tourism; Sustainable tourism > Polar regions; Tourism; Tourism > Polar regions; Tourism and the Environment; Tourism Geography; Cruise Tourism; visiting; Kapitan Khlebnikov; Antarctic Peninsula; line; IAATO; ship; Gjoa Haven; Antarctic Treaty System; industry; expeditions; cruises; Sea Water; Antarctic Specially Protected Areas; Cruise Sector; quark; Cruise Tourism Activities; Cruise Ship Visits; antarctic; Cruise Ship Industry; Cruise Activity; Cruise Ship Activity; Antarctic Tourism; Antarctic Cruise Tourism; Cruise Industry; ATCPs; Antarctic Treaty Parties; peninsula; ships; HAL; Prince Albert II; Antarctic Treaty; Quark Expeditions; Antarctic Cruise; Cruise Ships
• ISBN: 9781844078486; 1138967033; 1844078485; 9781138967038
• DOI: 10.4324/9781849776394

Cruises are the primary form of tourism in the Polar Regions and cruise ship tourism in both the Arctic and Antarctic is expanding rapidly. The industry has moved beyond its infancy, and is now entering a maturing phase with increased numbers and types of vessels, more demanding routes, and more regular and predictable patterns of activity. The increase in cruise activities, and the associated risks of accidents, as well as the potential and actual impacts of the large numbers of tourists in the polar regions bring with it management challenges for sustainable use of these regions. This book discusses critically the issues around environmental and social sustainability of the cruise industry in Polar Regions. Authors from Canada, USA, Europe, Australia and New Zealand are experts in their respective fields and take an innovative, critical and at times controversial approach to the subject.