Estimation of tourism carbon footprint and carbon capacity

Huang, Tianyue; Tang, Zi Kang

doi:10.1093/ijlct/ctab026

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“…Over the past decade, tourism has seen continued global annual growth in international visitors, reaching around 1500 million international arrivals (51% in Europe) in 2019, generating more than €1.7 trillion in revenues [75]. With the resounding growth in 2020 and 2021 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, which proved the fragility of the sector despite its resilience, these figures resulted in 8% of global CO 2 emissions, (see Figure 1 [76]), totaling nearly 4.3 trillion metric tons per year [77]. And according to UNWTO forecasts there will be a 25% growth in the period 2016-2030, which will continue to increase taking into account the correlation between the increase in the world popula-tion and the number of annual tourists.…”

Section: The Triad: Unsustainability-tourism-foodmentioning

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A Conceptual Framework Proposal Regarding the Engagement of Hotels in the Modern Fight against Unsustainable Food Practices

2023

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The ecological crisis that emerged rapidly in the 2000s because of vertiginous economic growth is still one of the dominant themes today. This unprecedented phenomenon has led to intense political-economic and social tensions over reconsidering the priorities of “post-industrial capitalism”. The main issues here are increasing inequalities in the distribution of resources and high dependence on non-renewable energies. In response, valuable policies have been developed with the intention of creating new economic models that satisfy environmental and ecological needs. However, the literature shows that the effectiveness of the global schemes proposed to achieve sustainable behaviors and techniques has been very low. In the hospitality sector, particularly in the food and beverage department, pollution and consumption of scarce resources remain issues. In this paper, we propose a structural framework for analyzing the commitment of hotels regarding sustainable practices in the F&B department, centered on standards set by relevant institutions. To enhance understanding, an extension of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) is proposed. The use of this conceptual framework will enable us firstly to gain a perception of how a hotel acts through its F&B administrator in the light of relevant standard practices. Secondly, it will allow us to understand the role of the common internal and external factors behind the theories describing the behavior adopted. In this way, this research aims to contribute to a global understanding of the factors that influence the commitment of hotels to sustainable practices in their F&B department.

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Section: The Triad: Unsustainability-tourism-foodmentioning

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A Conceptual Framework Proposal Regarding the Engagement of Hotels in the Modern Fight against Unsustainable Food Practices

2023

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“…Tourists expect travel service providers to arrange an environmentally friendly travel mode, such as a close-to-nature travel programme which includes a variety of low-carbon activities. Transportation is also regarded as an important component that affects the travel experience of tourists (Huang and Tang, 2021). Low-carbon tourists tend to show greater concerns on transportation arrangement than other types of travellers because they want to reduce carbon footprints.…”

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“…Over the past decade, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tourism sector produced approximately 8% of total carbon productions, contributing around 4.3 billion metric tons (t) per year (Lenzen et al , 2018). Since climate change has become a global concern, reflected in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 12 and 13 (United Nations, 2021), a universal agreement exists to reduce and stabilise GHG emissions and respond to an altered climate (Huang and Tang, 2021).…”

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Low-carbon tourism: determining domestic tourist perception from Thailand: Tourism Agenda 2030

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Wattanacharoensil

2022

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Purpose Underpinned by three-factor theory, this study aims to: examine the dynamics (asymmetry) of multi-quality low-carbon attributes towards the Thai tourists’ perception and prioritise carbon-tourism attributes on the basis of impact-range performance and asymmetric analysis. Design/methodology/approach The study applies a multi-method approach to derive the low-carbon tourism (LCT) items before conducting exploratory factor analysis to identify the underlying dimensions. Impact range performance analysis and impact asymmetry analysis were carried out to explore the asymmetric or symmetric relationship associated with tourists’ perception of LCT. Findings Findings reveal the three dimensions of the LCT attributes. Out of the 29 attributes, nine are regarded as “must-have” categories, such that tourists will be disappointed at the efforts of a low-carbon destination if these attributes are missing, but they will feel neutral if the attributes are present. Six LCT attributes fall into the “hybrid” category, such that tourists will appreciate if they perceive these attributes to be available for LCT and feel disappointed if these attributes are not or poorly offered. Fourteen attributes are considered under the “value-added” category, meaning tourists will only appreciate if they encounter these attributes at the destination, and the lack thereof will not cause any dissatisfaction or negative perception from tourists. Originality/value Through the multi-quality asymmetric analysis, the study provides deep insights into the degree of perception of the 29 LCT attributes. The study offers tangible guidelines to destination authorities and pinpoints the necessity to provide attributes, especially in the “hybrid” and “must-have” categories, to avoid tourists’ negative perceptions when they visit a low-carbon destination.

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“…As global warming and changing weather patterns have a profound effect on the people's lives and pose potential risks to all forms of life on the planet, the United Nations ( 2021 (UK Government, 2021). Thus, tourism destinations have committed to developing environmentally conscious products/activities to achieve the highest standards of environmental sustainability (Huang & Tang, 2021).…”

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“…As the framework of their emissions‐reduction targets for 2030, all the members were urged to secure global net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and avoid the world temperature from rising beyond 1.5°C (UK Government, 2021). Thus, tourism destinations have committed to developing environmentally conscious products/activities to achieve the highest standards of environmental sustainability (Huang & Tang, 2021).…”

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Low‐carbon tourism for island destinations: A crucial alternative for sustainable development

Fakfare

Wattanacharoensil

2022

Sustainable Development

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The impact of climate change has been evidenced in several tourist destinations, and triggered concerns on the destination development. Low-carbon tourism has become a national, if not, global agenda that can be used to mitigate the climate change impact caused by the tourist destinations. To respond to this timely agenda and the United Nation World Tourism Organisation's (UNWTO) callout, this study establishes and verifies important components and attributes of low-Carbon destinations, particularly on island destination, which are still unexamined in the literature. Taking on the perspective of tourists, this study is driven by Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) theory which is a consolidative theoretical framework that integrates environmental input (external), emotional status (internal) and behavioural responses to explain actual behaviours of low-carbon tourists. Integrated generalised structured component analysis (IGSCA) and multigroup analysis were performed on 1808 travellers who posed different degrees of psychological fear of the COVID-19 pandemic. During COVID-19, health and safety risks have become a critical concern; therefore, this study further explores the moderating effect of risk from the perspective of the lowand high-perceived risk travellers, before identifying the attitude-behaviour gaps of these two groups. The study provides theoretical insights into low-carbon tourism experience at the island destinations and offers useful managerial implications on low-carbon destination development.

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Estimation of tourism carbon footprint and carbon capacity

Cited by 22 publications

References 12 publications

A Conceptual Framework Proposal Regarding the Engagement of Hotels in the Modern Fight against Unsustainable Food Practices

A Conceptual Framework Proposal Regarding the Engagement of Hotels in the Modern Fight against Unsustainable Food Practices

Low-carbon tourism: determining domestic tourist perception from Thailand: Tourism Agenda 2030

Low‐carbon tourism for island destinations: A crucial alternative for sustainable development

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