vanishing destinations

24 09, 2010

The emergence of ‘last-chance tourism’: an opportunity or a threat?

By |September 24th, 2010|Ungategorized|6 Comments

Vanishing destinations such as the Great Barrier Reef, Maldives, Galapagos Island and polar regions provide tour operators with an opportunity to market their products with the unique selling point ‘to see it before it is gone’ tourism. Bleaching corals, melting ice caps disappearing islands and wildlife are indicators that put these destinations on the […]

24 09, 2010

Last chance tourism: Chasing our ego

By |September 24th, 2010|Ungategorized|4 Comments

The growing popularity of the destinations threatened by climate change is a form of last chance tourism: to see it before it disappears. This kind of tourism is supposed to increase the environmental awareness of tourists, but instead of contributing to the conservation of the visited places, they contribue to its faster destruction.

 The polar […]