I should say everything started in the 1920s. During this time, there was this mail ship from the Falkland Islands. The ship would do regular visits to the continent. The purpose of such visits was to service whaling and sealing stations. Around this time, the ship would carry a small number of passengers to take a look at Antarctica. At the time, such tickets were sold as “tourist tickets.” Although unofficial, those were the first tours of Antarctica. Actual tourism in Antarctica was born in the 1960s. It was the kind of tourism that limits itself only to the waters. A decade later, there were overflights from Australia and New Zealand. What I am talking about is sightseeing by air. This type of tourism allows visitors to have a glimpse of Antarctica from way up high. This is an improvement to how it was a decade before you could only see the region from a boat. New Zealand was the pioneer of this type of tour. It was in the middle of the 1970s that they did such tours. It lasted until the end of the decade. Tours would run during the summer season. This is from November to March. For some reason, the tours stopped around that time. It was only in the 1990s when there was a continuation of such tours. By this time, there were more than 14,000 visitors that did sea cruises. This was about the year 1999. As of this writing, there was a significant increase in the number of visitors. The region has seen more than 40,000 visiting the region per year. Of course, Antarctica is a tourist destination. There are tourism companies that conduct tours of the continent. Such companies get special permits to do these tours. When in Antarctica, tourists may do certain activities like mountaineering or skiing. In fact, some companies even allow the visit to the South Pole. You can also hike when in Antarctica. And when you feel like it, you can camp while on the continent. The continent may not be the same as other tourist destinations on EarthEarth. But this is one of the few destinations most tourists want to visit. It could be because of the seemingly impossible task of the visit. Or what attracts tourists could also be because of its geographical location. Or the weather. Whatever attracts tourists to the continent, we will discuss next.