Tourism in Antarctica

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• Removed specific visitor-numbers (1999-2000; 2009-2010) and detailed governance context; the article now presents only a generic season rule for summer tours and a single landing-landing rule for large ships.

Replace “Most of the estimated 14 762 visitors to Antarctica from 1999 2000 were on sea cruises During the 2009 to 2010 tourist season over 37 000 people visited Antarctica.” with “in the 1990s The summer tour season lasts from November to March”. Replace “those that carry over 500 people are not allowed to land anyone By 2025 the number of cruise visitors travelling to Antarctica each year reached 124 000 mostly on vessels travelling to the Antarctic peninsula from South America Researchers expressed concern about the potential impact and in particular the risk of visitors emulating hazardous activities shared on social media Recent academic research has identified decarbonisation of cruise and aviation operations as a growing priority for Antarctic tourism governance reflecting concerns about emissions associated with increasing visitor numbers” with “those that carry over 500 people are not allowed to land anyone”.

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