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respondents valued Antarctica as one of the world's last great wildernesses. Passengers�…

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In parallel, Antarctic tourism scholarship has particularly focused on tourism development�…

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In 2011, many countries celebrated the 50th anniversary of the coming into force of the
Antarctic Treaty to which 50 countries have now acceded. The Treaty grew out of the�…

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dramaturgic concept of 'plot'. Plot refers to a socially construed narrative structure that allows�…

222 INTRODUCTION tourism will “save Antarctica” by virtue of a substantial number of well-
educated travelers who are familiar with its resources and whose voices would be heard in�…

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This article directs attention to German tourists' fascination with New Zealand. I first
scrutinise New Zealand's representation and reveal the ways it is invented and�…