Chinese Tourists in Second Place for Antarctic Tourism

Posted by Newsdesk
On 10th May 2017
Antarctic, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic Treaty System, IAATO, South America, Tour operators, Ushuaia

While the U.S. is still number one for Antarctic tourism, the Chinese have overtaken Australians as the second largest group of tourists to the continent, according to tourism figures for the 2016-2017 season announced by The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO). Chinese now make up 12 percent of all visitors (a year-on-year increase […]