I'd love to read the full study but it seems to be behind an expensive paywall. What are my options?
Can we have carbon free tourism for $11?
I don't know if anyone's seen this article in today's Travel Mole.
The full study is here, although I've not had time to take a look yet.
At first glance the headline statement, that trips could be made "carbon free" for just $11, seems somewhat optimistic...
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@eurapart I'll contact the authors and see if there's anything they can do or if they want to join us here for a conversation.
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I've heard back from Dr Daniel Scott, author of the paper, to say the report should be made open access for 3 weeks to coincide with the COP talks in Paris. Try again here on Monday (30 Nov).
I'm hoping Dr Scott will be able to join us to discuss the subject next week - all questions welcome!
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My thanks go to Dr Daniel Scott and Routledge for making the paper open access.
I'd like to ask Dr Scott if he intended the message of the paper to be that we can have carbon free tourism for US $11 per trip? If so why? If not, what message does he wish to convey?
My understanding of the paper suggests to me that the 5% carbon dioxide contribution by the tourism industry worldwide is way too low. UNWTO looked into the indirect figures for tourism to conclude that it supports 1 in 11 jobs worldwide, yet when looking at carbon emissions confined their research to direct energy use. The first step in de-carbonising the industry has to be identifying the full scale of the problem and then taking responsibility for it. Is it only me, or does anyone else think that understating the industry's contribution to climate change is making things worse for the industry in the long run?
Does anyone else have some questions regarding this paper?
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