Tourism in the Polar Regions: The Sustainability Challenge

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.authorInternational Ecotourism Society
dc.contributor.organizationDTIE
dc.coverage.spatialPolar Regions
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T20:10:58Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T20:10:58Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionTourism is a growing activity in the Polar Regions. In the Arctic, tourism is already an important component of the economies of the north. In the Antarctic, the number of tourists landing on continental Antarctica continues to rise sharply. There are serious concerns that tourism is promoting environmental degradation in the Polar Regions (especially in the Arctic) by putting extra pressures on land, wildlife, water and other basic necessities, and on transportation facilities. This publication explains issues and impacts of relevance to polar tourism and provides a selection of good practices for various stakeholders. The publication builds on UNEP-UNWTO 12 principles on sustainable tourism development. The trends and patterns of tourism in Polar Regions are summarised and agenda of policy implication is identified. The publication addresses the main challenges related with the following impacts of tourism in the Polar Regions: Land managementen
dc.descriptionBiodiversity conservationen
dc.descriptionCultural Heritage and Climate change.en
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-807-2813-2
dc.identifier.otherDTI/0938/PA
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9147
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation470
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Land
dc.titleTourism in the Polar Regions: The Sustainability Challengeen
dc.typeTechnical report
wd.identifier.old-id771
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000049

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