Perceptions of Antarctic tourism: A question of tolerance
Authors: Stewart, Emma1; Kirby, Val2; Steel, Gary3
Source: Landscape Research, Volume 31, Number 3, July 2006 , pp. 193-214(22)
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Abstract:
Perceptions of tourism held by a sample of New Zealand's Antarctic community are explored, and the small, mixed group of scientists and support workers that populate Scott Base (New Zealand's research base in the Ross Dependency, Antarctica) are treated as proxy for a `host' community. This exploration is part of a wider study that set out to investigate the nature and meanings of Antarctic heritage. Although the research did not explicitly set out to survey perceptions of tourism, approximately one-half of those interviewed in the wider study gave an insight into this topic. The qualitative data reported were gathered during two visits to Scott Base in 1999. From the responses a three-fold classification was derived, indicating degrees of tolerance toward tourism: cautious, complex and comfortable tolerance.Keywords: Antarctica; tourism; hosts; perceptions; tolerance
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1080/01426390600783111
Affiliations: 1: Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2: The Countryside Agency, Cheltenham, UK 3: Human Sciences Division, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
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