Extreme Tourism Case Study:Antarctica, to what extent can it cope with the development

of a tourist industry?

Tourism in Antarctica

• Make notes whilst watching the two video here; what are the negative impacts on Antarctica at the moment?

Problems with tourism

• Video here

Antarctica – to what extent can it cope with the development of a tourist industry?

• Turn to p314 to find out more about tourism in Antarctica

Environmental

• Cruise ships have signed up to the IAATO guidelines. These guidelines include:– No more than 100 visitors a ta time– No closer than 5m to animals – Don’t leave litter.

Environment

Positive Negative

Future of Antarctica

• (Don’t write down…)• Worries about land based tourism,

e.g. snowboarding and the impacts that this would have on the ecosystem as a whole.

• Larger cruise ships arriving.• Oil spills from ships that sink.• Greater awareness of this last

wilderness to promote protection.

Future of Antarctica

Positive Negative

Antarctica – to what extent can it cope with the development of a tourist

industry?

• Write a magazine article for National geographic answering the question above.

• Remember to include;– What impacts (positive and negative) does extreme

tourism have in Antarctica? – What will Antarctica look like in the future (positive and

negative)?

• Use your text book, notes, internet and the A4 handout to help you.