More and more tourists are flocking to Antarctica. Let’s stop it from being loved to death
- Written by Darla Hatton MacDonald, Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Tasmania
VCG via Getty ImagesThe number of tourists heading to Antarctica has been skyrocketing. From fewer than 8,000 a year about three decades ago, nearly 125,000 tourists flocked to the icy continent in 2023–24. The trend is likely to continue in the long term.
Unchecked tourism growth in Antarctica risks undermining the very environment that...
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