There is no simple answer.
Antarctic tourism is not just a question of what visitors can do. It also raises questions about the purpose of an activity, its relationship with Antarctica, and the risks it may create.
This explorer presents the results of an expert activity-sorting exercise from doctoral research on tourism diversification in the Antarctic Treaty System.
These percentages describe 3,240 placements across 90 activity cards. They are not the average of the percentages shown on each card.
Where would you draw the line?
Search for an activity or filter by its leading category in the sorting exercise. Each card shows all four categories, so a leading category does not tell the whole story.
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How to read these results
These percentages show how participants placed each activity during the research exercise. They are not a public opinion poll, a measure of environmental impact, or an official decision about whether an activity is permitted in Antarctica.
A leading category is simply the category with the highest percentage for that activity. Close or mixed results can still reveal uncertainty and disagreement.
About the research and source
Yousra Makanse, Antarctic Tourism Diversification: Governance, Place-Making, and Values in the Antarctic Treaty System, Wageningen University & Research.
The activity explorer uses the accompanying research dataset of 90 activity cards. Individual percentages may not total exactly 100% because of rounding in the original data.
Dissertation DOI: https://doi.org/10.18174/681561