Eco-Tourism

Tourism impacts on the environment, and most of this originates from air travel. Nevertheless, in this wild part of the world, as in many others, commercial and conventional tourism is picking up, threatening the environment even more by its very presence. Up to seventy snowmobiles can be spotted per trip, leaving the settlement of Longyearbyen for one day and mulitple daytrips into the wild, causing noise and air pollution, disturbing the fauna, and carrying oil and gasoline in the Arctic soils. Still, the boom in this kind of tourism has economic clout, and alternatives of eco tourism must be proven as viable economic alternatives. We therefore need to foster, develop and manage eco tourism with low impact activities, so that areas can be closed to motorized traffic - and as a tourist booking with us, you will play your part in preserving the Arctic wilderness of Spitsbergen.