Environmental Baggage

Your bags are packed and waiting at the door. Months of planning, preparation and anticipation and you're finally embarking on "the big trip." We have all been tourists, whether we travel to far corners of the earth or just a few kilometres to the cottage, whether we visit an all-incl...

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Published in:Alternatives journal (Waterloo) 2002-10, Vol.28 (4), p.3-3
Main Author: Cukier, Judie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Company financing
Editorial
Environment
Environmental aspects
Finance
Industry
Tourism
Travel industry
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Summary:Your bags are packed and waiting at the door. Months of planning, preparation and anticipation and you're finally embarking on "the big trip." We have all been tourists, whether we travel to far corners of the earth or just a few kilometres to the cottage, whether we visit an all-inclusive resort or a small ecotourism lodge in the rainforest. And while we may be "just visiting", our impact as tourists - the lingering legacy of tourism - persists in the destinations we visit, "destinations" made up of communities, natural and built attractions, and exotic cultures. Increasingly, voluntary standards are being applied to the tourism sector. "Green Hotel" associations adhere to an industry-defined set of sustainable practices, including recycling, reducing waste, composting, using energy-efficient devices, etc. Ross Klein questions the effectiveness of this approach given on-going environmental infractions by cruise lines in the Caribbean and Alaska. Consumers can also effect change by modifying their travel patterns, as Jennifer Lynes and Susanne Becken explain in the context of the airline industry. However, they doubt air travel can ever be truly called "sustainable".
ISSN:1205-7398