How Deep Is Tourism's Carbon Footprint? New Skift Research


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Airlines, cruise lines and even hotels have all been measured for their impacts on the environment. But destinations themselves are hurting the environment as well. Find out which ones, and how extensive the problem, in our first-of-its-kind report.
In 2019, tourism contributed about 11 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. There are growing pressures on the tourism industry to reduce this. However, to date no standard guideline exists for countries to report emissions from tourism and the focus has only been on measuring the economic impact of tourism. In Skift Research’s newly released