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Green tourism: Reducing the carbon footprint of holidaymakers
2013-04-17 17:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Each year our desire to get away from it all contributes to around 5% of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. Ignoring the impact of tourism on the environment would be equivalent to ignoring the carbon emissions of a developed industrialised nation. This is why Dr Janet Dickinson and Dr Viachaslau Filimonau from Bournemouth University's School of Tourism are working on ways to reduce the carbon footprint of holidaymakers. Rather than developing punitive taxes or penalties, the research is...
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