Management of Tourism in the Marine Environment of Antarctica: The IAATO Perspective

Landau, Denise; Splettstoesser, John

doi:10.3727/154427307784772011

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“…After all, the (interdependent) individual decisions will determine total IAATO membership, and eventually IAATO's ability to lead the tourism industry's self-regulatory regime. The key literature sources on IAATO discuss a range of factors that might affect membership, including industry growth and diversification, accidents, institutional interplay, and global fuel prices (Haase et al, 2009;Landau & Splettstoesser, 2007a, 2007b. This article cannot cover the full spectrum of factors, but focuses on those related to development and uncertainty that may affect tour operators' decision-making and IAATO membership: commitment, more operators, diversification of operator interests, and accidents.…”

Section: Review Of Antarctic Tourism Self-regulation Challengesmentioning

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“…IAATO has a strong environmental track record and its standards currently comply with the Antarctic Treaty stipulations (Crosbie & Splettstoesser, 2009;Landau & Splettstoesser, 2007b). Nevertheless, researchers (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…IAATO's goal of sustainable tourism in the Antarctic (Lambert, 2007) has given IAATO a positive public image for its environmental practices (Splettstoesser, 2000). IAATO also actively interacts with ATCPs, environmental organisations, and experts (Landau & Splettstoesser, 2007b), while also stimulating visitor education to preserve the unique environment (Splettstoesser et al, 2004). In general, IAATO membership provides many benefits, such as proof of environmental commitment for operators, ship scheduling, administrative services and communication, a positive name by association, and a voice in tourism-related decision-making (Haase et al, 2009).…”

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“…A group of seven operators established IAATO and the Antarctica Tour Operators Guidelines for environmentally acceptable practices in 1991 (Landau & Splettstoesser, 2007b). Currently, most operators are IAATO members (IAATO, 2015a), which allows IAATO to act as a single and clear contact point for tourism issues (Haase et al, 2007).…”

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“…For model design and implementation, ample use has been made of relevant theoretical insights (Olson, 1965;Ostrom, 2005), observed empirical relationships in the key scientific literature (e.g. Crosbie & Splettstoesser, 2009;Haase et al, 2009;Landau & Splettstoesser, 2007b;Liggett et al, 2011) as well as IAATO documents and statistics. IAATO documents determine start-up values, operator characteristics, and potential growth scenarios (IAATO, 2013(IAATO, , 2014(IAATO, , 2015a(IAATO, , 2015b.…”

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Towards a tipping point? Exploring the capacity to self-regulate Antarctic tourism using agent-based modelling

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2016

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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Antarctica attracts tourists who want to explore its unique nature and landscapes. Antarctic tourism has rapidly grown since 1991 and is currently picking up again after the recent global economic downturn. Tourism activities are subject to the rules of the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) and the decisions made by the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties (ATCPs), but within this context, the industry has considerable freedom to self-organise. The industry is self-regulated by a voluntary member-based group, the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO). Researchers and policy-makers express concern about IAATO's ability to deal with further tourism development and the environmental consequences. This study applies a new approach to understand what affects self-regulation, consisting of a literature review and agent-based modelling (ABM). The review identifies four challenges for self-regulation: operator commitment, tourism growth, operator diversification, and accidents. The ABM simulations help conceptualise the complex concepts and theories surrounding self-regulation. Self-regulation is measured by the capacity of the simulated self-regulatory system to maintain a majority membership at the end of 20 years. The model suggests that a number of the challenges are nonlinear and have tipping points. This approach provides insights that industry officials and policy-makers can use to proactively regulate Antarctic tourism.

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Section: Review Of Antarctic Tourism Self-regulation Challengesmentioning

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Section: Review Of Antarctic Tourism Self-regulation Challengesmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Retracing the past, comprehending the present and contemplating the future of cruise tourism through a meta-analysis of journal publications

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The future of sustainable polar ship-based tourism

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Over the last couple of decades, polar tourism has significantly grown in the number of visitors and diversified in terms of the tourism activities offered. The COVID-19 pandemic brought polar tourism to a halt and has prompted researchers, operators and policy-makers alike to reflect on how Arctic and Antarctic tourism have developed, how they are being managed and governed and, importantly, how tourism operators influence polar socio-ecological systems. Given the dominance of ship-based tourism over other types of tourism in the Polar Regions, we discuss the cornerstones of how polar ship-based tourism has developed over the last 50 years and explore the relevant international and regional governance regimes in this article. We identify which positive and negative biophysical, socio-cultural and economic impacts arising from polar tourism have been identified by researchers. It is difficult, if not impossible, to disentangle impacts caused by tourism alone from those that result from the interactions of multiple pressures at all levels (local, regional and global), and more research is needed to develop reliable and effective indicators to monitor tourism impacts. In addition, a better understanding is needed about the role tourist experiences might play in potentially encouraging long-term positive behavioural changes among visitors to the Polar Regions. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an important opportunity to review polar tourism development and management, and to ask whether an emphasis should be placed on ‘degrowth’ of the sector in the future.

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Management of Tourism in the Marine Environment of Antarctica: The IAATO Perspective

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Towards a tipping point? Exploring the capacity to self-regulate Antarctic tourism using agent-based modelling

Towards a tipping point? Exploring the capacity to self-regulate Antarctic tourism using agent-based modelling

Retracing the past, comprehending the present and contemplating the future of cruise tourism through a meta-analysis of journal publications

The future of sustainable polar ship-based tourism

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