Assignment on Impact Of Climate Change In Tourism Industry

Running head: IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN TOURISM INDUSTRY
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN TOURISM INDUSTRY
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Introduction
Climate is the notable factor that is recognized to affect the seasonality of tourism,
and the selective destinations of the tourist along with the available tourist activities and
attractions, that is, the overall satisfaction level of the trip. Thereby, drastic climate change
has immense potential to reduce the long-term viability of global tourism and its
sustainability. However, the way climate change impacts in selective tourist destinations,
simultaneously, it also plays an important role in increasing the popularity of tourist regions
and attracts people. The drastic changes in the climate result in increasing threats of natural
hazards that include flooding, storms. These natural hazards degrade the tourism business.
Following such impacts, the tourism and hospitality industry shifts their priority towards
mitigating and adapting the climate change by introducing or applying innovative measures
in the infrastructures and laws and in certain competing requirements in order to avoid
climate change (Hoogendoorn & Fitchett, 2018). The essay focuses on the deliverance of the
sustainable practices that are embraced in the tourism and hospitality industry to avoid
climate change and its impacts.
Discussion
Climate change is recognized as one of the most significant factor in the arena of
tourism and hospitality industry. Unfavourable climate change leads to adverse impact on the
business of tourism industries that is; in some areas, the extreme condition of winter season
affects the winter tourism. Therefore, the season becomes less reliable to tour. There are areas
where rising energy prices makes the expenses of travel agencies and transportation higher
than usual rates. This has resulted in growing interests towards the understanding of potential
impacts of climate change in the dynamics of tourism and hospitality industry so that further
measures and practices are encouraged in developing adaptation and mitigation responses
(Hoogendoorn & Fitchett, 2018). It is recorded that tourism has been immensely an energy
intensive industry. The fact leads tourism industry to be an active contributor to climate
change through the emission of greenhouse gases. It is estimated that the industry of tourism
contributes 5% of carbon di oxide emissions globally (Wyss, Abegg & Luthe, 2014). In
addition, the global reports estimates that the rate of carbon dioxide emissions from air ways
transportation could rise to more than 15% of the total emission of carbon dioxide gas from
all sources by 2050 (Hoogendoorn & Fitchett, 2018). From the reports it is understood that
the interest of the tourism sector shifts from the business towards the development adaptable

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and sustainable measure that would reduce the contribution of GHG (Hoogendoorn &
Fitchett, 2018).
Aviation has been a major part of tourism industry as the agencies are the essential
mediums with the help of which people reach to their desirable tourist destinations (Wyss,
Abegg & Luthe, 2014). Along with the fact, Aviation is also recognized as the significant
area for reducing the GHG emissions through number of potential innovations and its
applications in the existing product. The technological changes, behavioral changes and the
changes in market base have initiated the reduction of the impact of air travel on climate
change. Further potential changes are introduced in the air traffic management and
operational sector in order to reduce the emissions progressively (Hoogendoorn & Fitchett,
2018). Market base changes are effectively introduced that involve the reduction of GHG
emissions. The changes includes high tax rates on jet fuel that puts forward a serious impact
on the demand of travelling by airways (Hoogendoorn & Fitchett, 2018). Behavioral changes
are considered to be the most significant factor in the reduction of GHG emissions as the
changes depend on the customer’s will as it involves the process of decision making and
considerations towards adopting less carbon intensive travel practices (Hoogendoorn &
Fitchett, 2018). Climate change and tourist behaviour are closely linked to each other.
Though the business in tourism industry is dependent on the tourist, yet it is essential for
them to compromise and make the changes adaptable (Wyss, Abegg & Luthe, 2014). If
tourist takes holidays or less number of days and plans for shorter distance or less overseas
destinations, then it would benefit in saving the environment from GHG emission
(Hoogendoorn & Fitchett, 2018). In fact, people have many other ways to travel such as
trains and coach, which proves to impose a lesser impact on climate change (Wyss, Abegg &
Luthe, 2014).
Tourism and hospitality industry being the fastest growing sector in the domain of
global economy, contributes decently to the national as well as local economy of the
countries globally along with the determinants, weather and climate, that is recognized as the
predominant factor controlling the flow of tourist on the global scale (Hoogendoorn &
Fitchett, 2018). Following it, the environmental changes that are observed under the climatic
change includes changes in local biodiversity, decrease in wildlife, changes in landscape
aesthetics and degradation of tourism infrastructure (Wyss, Abegg & Luthe, 2014). The
vulnerability of the tourism industry is therefore determined by the country’s sensitivity
towards climate change (Hoogendoorn & Fitchett, 2018). The lack of technological flexibility