The carbon footprint of regional tourism trips
Insights From Environmentally Extended Regional Input Output Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7324311 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Calvin Jones (0000-0003-4980-2330, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1605-1620 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Sustainable Tourism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-9582 • E-ISSN: 1747-7646 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09669582.2023.2254949 |
| OpenAlex | W4386602304 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 54 |
Tourism is an important and almost certainly increasing driver of anthropogenic climate change. However, intelligence on the total greenhouse gas emissions related to tourism trips – including travel to and from the destination – is limited, especially at sub-national destination scale. This paper uses an environmentally extended input-output approach to estimate the total greenhouse gas emissions consequent on inbound and domestic tourism trips in Wales, a region of the UK. We use the UN World Tourism Organisation (TSA) concept of visitors and trips to estimate the overall carbon footprint of tourism at around 3.4 megatons in 2019, 8.7% of total territorial emissions. We further compare these results with estimates for 2007 which suggests that there has been a modest reduction of under 2% per annum since 2007, but with significant data issues affecting comparability. Apparently slow progress in decarbonisation, including an increase in intercontinental visits to Wales over the period, suggest tourism here has not yet embarked upon a climate-responsible transformation
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |