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The role of weather, water, ice and climate (WWIC) information for Antarctic tourism
(2019-06)
The tourism sector in Antarctica has witnessed considerable growth and diversification over the last decade. To help facilitate safe travel in remote and dynamic polar environments more detailed and specialised weather, ...
Exploring the impacts of the Covid-19 national lockdown on outdoor recreationists' activity and perceptions of tourism
(Lincoln University | Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki. LEaP, 2021-03)
The Covid-19 pandemic had an unprecedented effect on tourism and outdoor recreation across the world in the year 2020. In New Zealand, a national lockdown for a period of 5 weeks confined New Zealanders to their local ...
When time changes heritage
Heritage is about time. In 2000 Timothy and Boyd pointed out that heritage is what has been selected from the past for preservation. Thompson, with his Rubbish Theory, argued that often heritage is found in things that ...
'Time' to explore the theoretical underpinnings of last chance tourism
(Anatolia, 2016-05)
Various terms have been used, sometimes interchangeably, to describe people visiting places or objects that are in danger of disappearing. These include, climate tourism and extinction tourism (Leahy, 2008), doom or ...
Stakeholder perspectives on Antarctic tourism
(IPTRN, 2018-06)
Challenges related to global warming, economic utilisation of natural resources, increased human visitation and growing science-related activities are placing pressure on Antarctica’s unique environment. In an effort to ...
Examining the implications of high-volume tourism on local users of nature-based settings: A case study of the Selwyn District, New Zealand
Poster presented at the CAUTHE Conference, February 2020
Climate change and glacier tourism in New Zealand: Past, present and future (?)
(2015)
The Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers of South Westland, New Zealand have attracted tourists since the late 1800s and the region’s first tourist hostel opened in 1897 (McCormack, 1999). By the mid-1920s, walking tracks had been ...
Stakeholder perspectives on Antarctic tourism
Challenges related to global warming, economic utilisation of natural resources, increased human visitation and growing science-related activities are placing pressure on Antarctica’s unique environment. In an effort to ...
Making iconic tourism places: A case study of New Zealand's great walks
New Zealand’s ‘Great Walks’ are a collection of nine, multi-day tramping trips through sections of the country’s national parks. These walks were once largely the preserve of domestic recreationists but are now increasingly ...
The endless debate: Regulatory attempts to manage Antarctic tourism
Antarctic tourism regulation has been consistently on the agenda of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) since 1966. In that season 58 tourists visited Antarctica. Since 1966 the ATCM has held 34 meetings, ...