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Alaska鈥檚 sad tourism boom

The rapid melting of glaciers due to climate change has created a new market for Alaska鈥檚 tour operators.

The Anchorage Daily News reported that operators of several tour companies are experiencing an increase in customers booking trips to see the receding glaciers of the nation鈥檚 only Arctic state before they lose access to them.

A new review of glacier research data published in the Journal of Glaciology predicts Alaska鈥檚 25,000 glaciers will lose between 30 percent and 50 percent of their mass by the end of this century.

One tour operator says there is 鈥渕ore awareness鈥 of the receding glaciers among tourists.

Operators say they have seen interest from places like Australia where glaciers do not exist, as well as visitors from emerging tourism markets such as China and India.


 

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