Category: Growth

Why tourism must become more expensive

It is time to start questioning the myths. And to realise that any scenario of unabated climate change is far worse for global tourism than changing price structures for travel.

Instead of expanding airports, why not introduce a ‘frequent flyer tax’?

The demand for ever more air travel and new runways comes from a small minority of frequent flyers, the 15% who take 70% of flights.

New draft reveals Paris climate talks soft on aviation emissions

Aviation and shipping sectors to be exempt from targeted CO2 emissions cuts in the December Paris climate agreement, according to the latest draft deal.

Bitter irony of UNWTO’s 1 Billion tourists – 1 billion opportunities campaign

As UNWTO cheers 1 billion tourists, there's no appreciation of countless other ‘irregular tourists’ forced to travel by war, terrorism or climate change

Developing world tourism ‘not living up to its promise’

Tourism is developing unsustainably in many poorer nations and is failing to deliver major economic gains, according to a recent conference.

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