TOURISM in Antarctica is on the rise according to the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO), with an estimated 34,950 Antarctic passengers set to be carried overall by IAATO operators during the 2012-13 season. This figure follows four years of declining pax numbers to the region (which has been...
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TOURISM in Antarctica is on the rise
according to the International Association of
Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO), with an
estimated 34,950 Antarctic passengers set to
be carried overall by IAATO operators during
the 2012-13 season.
This figure follows four years of declining pax
numbers to the region (which has been put
down to the effects of the GFC and the ban on
heavy fuel in Antarctic waters) and is up from
the 2011-12 passenger numbers of 26,519, but
still below the 46,265 carried during the 2007-
08 Antarctic season.
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