PT-REPAIR

What is the impact of tourism on Antarctica, and how do you deal with this in policy? Within the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA) programme ‘Polar Tourism - Research Programme on Assessment of Impacts and Responses’ (PT-REPAIR), four new projects will investigate tourism in vulnerable Antarctica. Two of these projects are lead by the Arctic Centre.

The projects concern environmental stewardship (ANTARC-SHIP, Machiel Lamers, WUR), the tourist as an ambassador (GUIDE-BEST, Annette Scheepstra), instruments for public and private parties (ADAPT, Stefan Hartman, European Tourism Futures Institute), and the cumulative effects on Antarctic biodiversity and wilderness values (ANT-MICI, Kees Bastmeijer).