Contemporary Issues in Tourism Assignment
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Contemporary Issues in Tourism Assignment
Added on 2020-04-21
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Running Head: Contemporary issues in TourismTable of Content:Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2GlobalTourism Issues.......................................................................................................................................3Climate Change......................................................................................................................................3What the industry needs to do..........................................................................................................3Degradation of Destinations/Degradation of the biodiversity, ecosystems and landscapes.................4What can be done.............................................................................................................................5Disruption..............................................................................................................................................5Preventive Measures the industry can take......................................................................................5Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................6References:............................................................................................................................................7Contemporary issues in TourismGlobal Issues affecting tourism
Global issues affecting tourism P a g e | 1IntroductionTravel and tourism is touted to be a key sector for the economic development and job creation. In the year 2016, travel and tourism directly contributed around US$2.3 trillion and offered 109 million jobs worldwide, this is equal to 10.2% of the World’s GDP and approximately 1 out of 10 jobs. Despite growth in travel and tourism industry, there are a lot of issues clouding the industry. In the report we will be discussing on some of these issues (Mahrous & Hassan, 2016). For the purpose of the report the issues identified for analysis are:Climate ChangeDestination DegradationDisruption
Global issues affecting tourism P a g e | 2Global Tourism IssuesClimate ChangeClimate change has a great impact on travel and tourism, exposure to climate related risks such as floods, crop failure, and rise in the sea level can have a huge impact on the valuation of tourism property and the infrastructure. In a recent report from UNESCO, it is been pointed that there are 31major attractions being under the risk due to climate change, it is pointed that these 31 attractions are in danger due to melting glaciers, intense weather events, bad droughts, longer wildlife seasons, rising seas and increase in temperature. Coastal destinations are one of the largest components of global tourism; they are at risk due to rising sea level, floods, hurricanes, storms and acidification due to climate change. The destination of winter sport is also getting hugely affected by deterioration of snow conditions. The main risk to business comes from different demands of the consumer and the viability of operations, at the same time travellers increasingly opt for different destinations, thus leaving some tourism infrastructure at previously popular location unused assets (Freitas, 2017)The future of the sector will move to darkness, if alternate sources of energy or clean energy are not found for aviation, the media scrutiny will increase if people believe that the tourism industry is not looking for cleaner sources of energy. Hence it is the need of the hour to reduce the harmful emissions on the ground and other harmful environmental and social effects. The ownership is on the land transport and hotels as well to step up and mitigate the risk to the over tourism sector .The Paris agreement which came into force the last year setting up a road for low carbon emission is a step towards a positive change. It is also put forward that the increase in temperature has to fall below 2 degree Celsius. The authorities have asked all the concerned organization and the countries to report on their carbon emission and their implementation efforts (Leon & Arana, 2016)What the industry needs to doThere are certain businesses and organizations which are ahead of the race by setting up of ambitious targets based on the science of climate, green financing, internalising carbon pricing and engaging in climate policy developments. A program which is set up by WWF, aims to support business in adopting emissions reduction targets which are aligned to science and the climate requirements. The industry has to be a part of such organizations to damask the effect of carbon emissions (Rogerson, 2016)
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