Cool Antarctica - Extreme Tourism
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- Created by: Jenny Henry
- Created on: 10-05-13 12:35
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- Cool Antarctica - Extreme Tourism
- Positives
- Creates jobs - Tour Operators
- Creates a wider environmental awareness for tourists
- When you return home you may want to change your life style to support the environment you visited
- May want to become more energy efficient
- When you return home you may want to change your life style to support the environment you visited
- Income - reinvested to area to create more awareness of supporting this kind of environment
- Negatives
- Many animals that live there are verge extinction
- Animals breeding and feeding patterns diisturbed
- Trees cut down for fuel and timber for tourists and infrastructure leading to de-forestation
- Seas polluted due to boats bringing tourists over to visit
- Rubbish that wont breakdown left in the area
- Sewage deposited in sea
- Jobs- Tour Operators - seasonal as it can be very dark in many months
- Solutions
- Alternative energy sources, using wind power to generate electricity
- The energy generated can be used on the accommodation for tourists
- Exhibition to educate tourists how to take care of this kind of environment
- Alternative energy sources, using wind power to generate electricity
- Facts
- 30,000 - 40,000 summer tourists
- Natural features
- Located in the South Pole
- Why do people go there?
- Outstanding natural beauty
- Unique landscapes
- See animals in their natural habitats
- Seals, Penguins, Whales
- A sense of achievement
- Positives
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