Go to 600,000, why do China people like this barren land?

Original title: A trip costs 600,000 yuan. Why do China people like to travel to this barren land?

When it comes to travel during New Year's Day and Spring Festival, many people will think of going to Thailand. In addition, they may go to Australia and New Zealand in the southern hemisphere. But recently, Antarctic tourism has suddenly caught on fire. From June 165438+ 10, tourism in the north and south poles entered an active period. This year, people in China are popular to watch the aurora in the North Pole and welcome the Spring Festival in the South Pole. New Year's Day and Spring Festival are two peaks of polar tourism.

Not to mention the high cost, China tourists have to go through a long journey to reach the South Pole. Although the Antarctic does not require a visa, most people start from ushuaia, the nearest Argentine port to the Antarctic. Moreover, the shipping space in ushuaia Port is tight every year, many people book tickets in advance, and it is also very troublesome to get a visa to Argentina.

But last night (12, 16), a commercial plane that took off from Hong Kong landed at the South Pole, which was the first China Airlines plane to carry passengers safely to the South Pole. In the future, it will be much more convenient for China tourists to go to the South Pole.

Chinese commercial aircraft landed at the South Pole for the first time.

According to the World Wide Web, on the evening of 12 and 16, a China plane landed safely on the 2500m runway of Langya Airport in Antarctica, realizing the first flight of a Chinese commercial plane to the South Pole. The commercial plane was provided by Hainan Airlines and carried 22 passengers from China.

The flight departed from Hongkong, arrived in Cape Town for replenishment after a flight of 15 hours, and landed on the icy runway in Antarctica after a flight of 5.5 hours, creating a new history for China Airlines to safely reach the South Pole.

It is reported that after a simple adjustment, the group will also take a double-otter plane across the coldest, most desolate and driest white continent in the world, and arrive at the South Pole after flying for 5-6 hours.

An HNA executive of the group told the reporter that the number of Antarctic tourists in China has ranked second in the world at present, but unfortunately, China does not have the Antarctic tourism resources, let alone the right to speak about Antarctic tourism rules and systems. Up to now, among the hundreds of Antarctic cruise ships with the operation qualification of the International Antarctic Tourism Organization, none are from China, and there are no China aircraft on the route. China tourists who want to go to Antarctica can only organize groups in China and then outsource them to foreign companies. The HNA delegation has gone through ten years of research, inspection and safe take-off and landing test flight.

China has become the second largest country in Antarctic tourism?

It has increased nearly 40 times in 9 years.

The best time for Antarctic tourism is from June 1 1 to February of the following year. In recent years, with the gradual warming of polar tourism, more and more tourists from China go to the South Pole to taste the early adopters. Yang guang. Com reported on September 29th that at present, many travel agencies are scrambling to compete for this high-end tourism market, because more and more uncles and aunts in China are "rich and idle". According to the statistics of the International Association of Antarctic Tourism Organizations, polar tourism has experienced explosive growth in China in recent years.

Take the number of tourists from China who landed in the Antarctic as an example. 20 16 China has become the second largest tourist source country in the world, second only to the United States. From less than 100 in 2008 to 3944 in 20 16, it has increased nearly 40 times in 9 years.

With the increase of market demand, the route products of Antarctic tourism are increasingly diversified and the prices vary widely. Zhang Lei, general manager of a well-known tourism polar exploration division, said that the price of Antarctic tour is higher than that of Arctic tour as a whole, especially to the South Pole, which is generally around 600,000 yuan.

In recent years, the tourist groups participating in polar tourism are also changing from specialization, high-end and relative aging to youthfulness and personalization. Zhang Lei has a deep understanding of this. "At the earliest time, the age of Hakka people was relatively high, over 55 years old. There are more people going now, and the average age group has dropped 10 years old. "

On the other hand, the East. Com Report 65438+February 15 The first annual polar tourism report of China released by Ctrip shows that on 20 17-20 18, the registration of north-south tourism tripled, the per capita consumption exceeded 50,000 yuan, and the tourist groups spread from the first-tier cities in Beishangguang to the second-and third-tier cities. South Pole, North Pole and Polar Light increased to 1000.

Ctrip's tourism data shows that the products of the North and South poles are polarized in the age of tourists. The main product of Antarctica is granny, and middle-aged and elderly customers over 45 account for 58%. Arctic Aurora products are mainly young people born in 1990s, and the proportion of people aged 19~35 is over 50%.

Will tourism destroy Antarctica?

Despite the strong development momentum of Antarctic tourism in China, there have been different voices on Antarctic tourism from all walks of life in China. Some people worry that the influx of tourists into the Antarctic will have a negative impact on the local environment and ecology. They even think that a large number of tourists visiting the scientific research station "will affect the normal operation of the scientific research station", so they clamor that Antarctic tourism must be strictly approved and controlled.

As early as 20 15, the Second Institute of Oceanography of the State Oceanic Administration issued a document saying that in fact, environmental supervision in Antarctica is very strict. Antarctica is recognized as the largest nature reserve owned by all mankind in the world, and it is also the only region in the world with a relatively complete international treaty and legal system. These regulations originated from the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM), followed by the Agreed Measures for the Protection of Antarctic Animals and Plants (1964), the Convention for the Protection of Antarctic Seals (1978) and the Convention for the Protection of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (1980). And 199 1 the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, namely the Madrid Protocol, issued on the occasion of the 30-year expiration of the Antarctic Treaty.

The Madrid Protocol inherits the spirit of "freezing territorial disputes" and advocating "peaceful use of Antarctica" in the Antarctic Treaty, and highlights the significance of protecting the Antarctic environment to the common interests of mankind. The most comprehensive regulations are Antarctic scientific research activities, especially a series of logistics support, including Antarctic base facilities, logistics vehicles and personnel field activities.

After the exploitation of Antarctic land mineral resources has been completely banned, scientific research and tourism have undoubtedly become the two most realistic activities of human beings in the Antarctic region. However, compared with scientific research activities, the negative impact of tourism activities on Antarctic environment and ecology is usually short-lived and much smaller. For example, a cursory visit by tourists will not cause any great changes and damage to Antarctic landforms and vegetation like similar engineering buildings, nor will it bring millions of cubic meters of "abandoned heritage" to Antarctica after the United States transferred it to Australia.

As for the appearance of bad cases, because of the differences in personnel quality, it is difficult for all countries to put an end to both expeditions and tourists. To this end, environmental education has always been the unremitting efforts of all Antarctic countries.

In addition, the Antarctic research station is an open facility, and "welcome" signs are erected in front of stations in various countries, which is a custom. Except for places that are inconvenient to disclose, research stations in any country will not refuse visitors. Usually, the time and activities of tourists staying at the station are very limited, which are mainly used to buy souvenirs, stamp commemorative stamps, and take photos as a souvenir. , so as not to disturb the normal work and scientific research order of the research station.

According to the World Wide Web, Wang Wen, Executive Dean of Chongyang Financial Research Institute of Renmin University of China, is the only scholar who has studied Comac in China. In an interview with reporters, he said that as a responsible big country, China's participation in Antarctic governance will not only expand the representation of all countries in the world, but also better promote scientific and technological cooperation, environmental protection and the implementation of relevant international treaties in Antarctica.