{"id":2689,"date":"2015-07-17T14:05:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T13:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=2689"},"modified":"2022-09-05T10:57:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T09:57:29","slug":"assessing-the-full-environmental-impact-of-cruise-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/07\/assessing-the-full-environmental-impact-of-cruise-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessing the full environmental impact of cruise holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2690\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/environmental-impact-of-cruise-holidays.jpg\" alt=\"environmental-impact-of-cruise-holidays\" width=\"412\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/environmental-impact-of-cruise-holidays.jpg 412w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/environmental-impact-of-cruise-holidays-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/environmental-impact-of-cruise-holidays-103x67.jpg 103w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/>A presentation on the topic &#8220;What is the environmental impact of a cruise holiday?&#8221; has been posted on Slideshare having been originally delivered at the event \u201cContemporary Perspectives in Tourism and Hospitality Research: Policy, Practice and Performance\u201d, which took place between 12-14 July 2015, University of Brighton.<\/p>\n<p>The authors used Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) \u2013 a technique more commonly found in manufacturing and engineering \u2013 to examine the carbon footprint of a cruise holiday, and compare this to a conventional hotel stay. According to the authors, &#8220;cruising is the 21st century equivalent of wearing fur: luxurious, but morally questionable!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h6>In Brief<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>20.9 million people went on a cruise in 2012<\/li>\n<li>It takes approx 100,000 tonnes of materials to build a typical cruise ship<\/li>\n<li>The authors estimate that a cruise holiday is responsible for around 4 times as many CO2 emissions as an equivalent hotel-based holiday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In Depth<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/lizrf1\/environmental-impact-of-cruise-holidays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the slideshare presentation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/capacify.wordpress.com\/2015\/05\/19\/cruise-holidays-quantified\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the author&#8217;s accompanying blog<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/capacified\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Capacify twitter feed<\/a> for updates on sustainable supply chains.<\/li>\n<li>Get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruisejunkie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exhuastive stats on environmental and social issues<\/a> at the Cruise Junkie website.<\/li>\n<li>Download the report\u00a0<span id=\"yui_3_14_1_1_1437137488435_919\" class=\"publication-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/280008702_A_Life_Cycle_Assessment_of_the_Environmental_Impact_of_Cruise_Holidays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">A Life Cycle Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Cruise Holidays<\/a> for free.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In the Future<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research estimates that a cruise holiday is responsible for around 4 times as many CO2 emissions as an equivalent hotel-based 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