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New Issues in Polar Tourism traces and analyzes a decade of growing interest in the polar regions, and the consequent challenges and opportunities of increasing tourist traffic in formerly remote and seldom-visited places. The book arises from the recently-formed International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN), and documents the outcomes of its 2010 conference, held at Sweden's Abisko Scientific Research Station.
List of contents
1. Introduction: New Issues in Polar Tourism.- 2. Looking Back, Venturing Forward: Challenges For Academia, Community and Industry in Polar Tourism Research.- 3. What is Arctic Tourism, and Who Should Define It? .- 4. Narrative Frameworks of Consideration: Horizontal and Vertical Approaches to Conceptualising the Sub-Antarctic.- 5. Reaching Consensus on Antarctic Tourism Regulation.- 6. The Effectiveness of Environmental Impact Assessments on Visitor Activity in the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica.- 7. German Tourism Activities in the Antarctic Area - A Governmental Perspective.- 8. The Wild North - Network Cooperation for Sustainable Tourism in a Fragile Marine Environment in the Arctic Region.- 9. Tourism Resolving Crisis? Exploring Tourism Development in Iceland in the Wake of Economic Recession.- 10. A (Ski) Trip into the Future - Climate Change and Winter Tourism in Polar Sweden in 2040.- 11. Conflicting Discourses in Tourism Development - A Case of Kilpisjärvi Village, Finnish Lapland.- 12. Will 'Free Entry into the Forest' Remain? Argumentation Analysis of Finnish and Swedish Discussions on Everyman's Rights.- 13. National Parks for Tourism Development in Sub-Arctic Areas - Curse or Blessing? The Case of a Proposed National Park in Northern Sweden.- 14. Indigenous People: Discussing the Forgotten Dimension of Dark Tourism and Battlefield Tourism.- 15. New Issues in Polar Tourism: Conclusion.- Index.
About the author
Dieter K. Müller ist seit 1985 in unterschiedlichen Funktionen für die ARD-Werbung SALES&SERVICES GmbH tätig, seit 1993 Direktor Forschung und Service. Zahlreiche Funktionen in nationalen und internationalen Forschungsorganisationen, u. a. Mitglied im Vorstand der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Media Analyse (AG.MA) sowie Lehrbeauftragter an der Universität Salzburg.
Summary
New Issues in Polar Tourism traces and analyzes a decade of growing interest in the polar regions, and the consequent challenges and opportunities of increasing tourist traffic in formerly remote and seldom-visited places. The book arises from the recently-formed International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN), and documents the outcomes of its 2010 conference, held at Sweden’s Abisko Scientific Research Station.
