Strategic challenges of tourism development and governance in Antarctica: taking stock and moving forward

Polar research

Daniela Liggett²  Machiel Lamers³  Bas Amelung⁴ 

[1] Environmental Systems Analysis Group, Wageningen University PO Box 9101NL-6700 HB Wageningen the Netherlands;International Centre for Integrated Assessment and Sustainable Development, Maastricht University PO Box 616NL-6200 MD Maastricht the Netherlands Correspondence;Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University PO Box 9101NL-6700 HB Wageningen the Netherlands;Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury Private Bag 4800Christchurch 8140, New Zealand;International Centre for Integrated Assessment and Sustainable Development, Maastricht University PO Box 616NL-6200 MD Maastricht the Netherlands

关键词: Tourism;    Antarctica;    development;    governance;    strategic;   

DOI  :  10.3402/polar.v31i0.17219

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

来源: Co-Action Publishing

【 摘 要 】

Antarctic tourism has grown rapidly in volume and diversified into an ever wider range of activities, transport modes and destinations. Antarctica is a global commons, which limits the range of options for regulating tourism development. This configuration has raised concerns and debates among academics, policy makers and interest groups about the challenges for regulation and management in the long term. Based on a literature review of recently published research and policy papers, this article takes stock of the current state of knowledge about the strategic challenges facing Antarctic tourism regulators and proposes ways forward for research and policy. Three clusters of strategic challenges are presented: addressing collective interests in the face of increasingly diverging interests of actors; the complex nature and indeterminacy of Antarctic tourism processes and impacts across different spatial and temporal scales; and the reliance on shared responsibility in developing and implementing tourism pol...

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC