{"id":2031,"date":"2015-04-30T09:34:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T08:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=2031"},"modified":"2022-09-05T10:27:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T09:27:03","slug":"tourisms-appetite-too-great-for-world-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/04\/tourisms-appetite-too-great-for-world-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism&#8217;s appetite becoming too great for world resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(CABI)<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;A paper just completed by tourism and climate change scientists, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Stefan G\u00f6ssling\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stefan_G%C3%B6ssling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener\">Stefan Gossling<\/a> and Paul Peeters presents more facts about tourism&#8217;s appetite for growth and resources.\u00a0For the first time using the concept of Resource Use Intensities (RUIs) &#8211; the paper pioneers the assessment of tourism&#8217;s total global resource use, including fossil fuel consumption, associated CO2 emissions, fresh water, land and food use.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>3 key points<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1) &#8220;Over the next 45 years, water consumption (both direct and indirect) is expected to double.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0&#8220;From 2010\u20132050, tourism is anticipated to grow considerably in energy use and emissions, doubling energy use over the coming 25 years in a \u201cbusiness as usual scenario&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>3) &#8220;The paper forecasts that over the next 25 years, land use for tourism will double, and almost triple to 2050&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tourism resource use set to escalate hugely\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cabi.org\/environmentalimpact\/news\/24380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">To read whole article click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research by some of leading scientists on tourism&#8217;s environmental impacts 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