Challenges for Tourism in Natural Areas – Cost of Carbon and Natural Disasters

Autor: Susanne Becken, Pei Yu Ren
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Advanced Materials Research. :266-270
ISSN: 1662-8985
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.573-574.266
Popis: Tourism involves travel, and travelling is inherently dependent on carbon-based fuel. The low cost of carbon fuels resulted in massive expansions of global tourism with many countries now depending on tourism exports for their national economies. However, oil is a finite resource and tourism’s dependence on it creates major vulnerabilities. It is also increasingly recognised that to combat man-made global climate change it is essential to put a price on carbon, for example through carbon taxes or Emissions Trading Schemes. The implications of a diminishing availability of cheap carbon-based fuel are extremely complex and far reaching, both for society as a whole and for tourism.
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