Ecotourism and adventure tours offer unique tourism opportunities in the Antarctic Are you prepared to make the most of them? Tourism in the Antarctic analyzes tourism activities in the most remote tourist destination in the world It establishes visitor profiles; discusses the impacts of tourism on the region; and explores barriers, opportunities, and future directions in Antarctic tourism. The emergence of ecotourism has turned Antarctica into an increasingly popular tourist destination for intrepid travelers. During the 1999/2000 season, approximately 15,000 passengers visited Antarctica...

Explore the complex relationship between tourism and intimacy in this new book with a worldwide perspective
With a unique combination of academic and personal accounts, Sex and Tourism: Journeys of Romance, Love, and Lust takes you behind the scenes with motel owners, adventure travel guides, backpackers, and others working on all sides of the international tourism industry. The editors have created a model that views the situation from three different perspectives: tourist, tourism provider, and nature of the encounter. Unlike other related volumes, this book is not just about the sex...

First-person and academic accounts explore the complex relationship between tourism and intimacy.

Bauer (hotel and tourism management, the Hong Kong Polytechnic U., Hong Kong) reviews the history, development, operation, and management of tourism in the Antarctic, based on the author's experience over several seasons as a tour guide on ships and flights, and supplemented by research and interviews. Some of the topics he focuses on include touri