article_snippet: With a rapidly-growing wealthy elite, China already sends more tourists to Antarctica than any country in the world apart from the U.S. and Australia.
article_snippet: According to International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, 37 Chinese tourists visited the continent between 2003 and 2004.
article_snippet: Joking around: Photographers brave the cold as Photographers visit Antarctica's Paradise Bay in the middle of 'summer' Internet users in China reacted angrily, with some suggesting the next stop would be taking inappropriate pictures on Mars.
article_snippet: Holiday to remember: Chinese tourists shopping at the British base of Port Lockroy .
article_snippet: China sent 3,328 tourists in 2013-14, up from  37 a decade earlier and less only than the U.S. or Australia .
highlights_snippet: Third-biggest  Antarctic tourist nation wants to show a better image .
  