IAATO's visitor-site guidelines — covering approximately 30 frequently-visited landing sites — continue to be refined through 2024–2025 with updated capacity limits, wildlife-distance rules, and landing-sequencing protocols. IAATO operators face significant reputational and compliance risk for non-adherence; ATCM parties have the ability to escalate major breaches.
All Antarctic tourism operators and their passengers.
Primary: International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators ↗
Corroborating: Antarctic Treaty System Secretariat ↗
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