Must "polar tourism" be carried out within the framework of eco-tourism?

This paper investigates the "polar region", an almost primitive natural environmental factor related to the interests of all mankind, and the human subjective behavior footprint "tourism" based on this.

At present, the debate about polar tourism is mainly manifested in the dispute between "vigorously promoting" and "strictly restricting". The former thinks that polar tourism is a new tourism market and should be developed; The latter emphasizes that any form of polar tourism will have different degrees of influence on the natural endowment of polar regions, and there is a growing trend. Therefore, the last "pure land" of mankind should be protected to the maximum extent, and similar behaviors should be strictly limited to scientific research and other fields.

From the perspective of environmental law, the emergence and solution of this dispute actually stems from the understanding and handling of two major relations: first, the relationship between environmental protection and economic development; Second, the relationship between the adjustment of international law and domestic law. In short, polar tourism cannot be completely banned, let alone greatly liberalized, and must be strictly regulated and restricted within the framework of eco-tourism. First of all, it is necessary to adjust the domestic laws on environmental protection and tourism to ensure that polar tourism will remain green forever, thus promoting and leading the introduction of relevant international laws.