Last chance tourism or tourism's last dance?

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The fossil fuel, agriculture, steel, cement, and chemical industries are some of the usual suspects that come to mind when compiling a short list of industries that contribute to global warming*. Tourism is often not included in that list. Yet, in 2013, the carbon footprint of tourism was estimated at 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Unlike other industries, these emissions continued in the last decade to rise. Why? Cheryl van Adrichem and Martijn Duineveld argue that part of the answer is that the seriousness and injustice of the climate problem is not truly being acknowledged within tourism. To put it bluntly: both tourists and the tourism industry are notorious climate deniers. But while many tourists live in denial to justify their own travel behavior, the tourism industry deliberately uses climate denial to protect its business interests. And this is just one of the forms of climate obstruction: they also engage in greenwashing, promise false solutions and self-regulation, and engage in resistance to climate policy. The good news is that it is relatively easy to undo the climate obstruction of the tourism industry. Van Adrichem and Duineveld will provide some suggestions about how you can contribute to this.

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