The footprint of polar tourism: Tourist Behaviour at Cultural Heritage Sites in Antarctica and Svalbard: 07 (Circumpolar Studies) - Softcover

Roura, Ricardo Mariano

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9077922873 ISBN 13: 9789077922873

Publisher: Barkhuis, 2011

Synopsis

This thesis aims to describe and interpret the effects of tourism on historic sites in Antarctica and Svalbard (also known as Spitsbergen), and to assess the implications for management. Explorers, whalers, seal hunters, scientists and others have left many material remains in the Polar Regions that are significant because they tell the history of the exploration and exploitation of these regions. Contemporary polar tourism represents a new phase in this exploration and exploitation of the Polar Regions. The potential for the transformation of historic sites has increased following the substantial expansion of polar tourism in recent decades. Key cultural heritage sites are regularly included in standard tourist itineraries and are also the subject of specialized tourism. In this context, the central research question of this thesis is: What are the effects of tourism on polar historic sites, and what are the implications of this for the management of tourism and these historic sites?

About this edition

• Publisher: Barkhuis
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9077922873
• ISBN 13: 9789077922873
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 306