Travel
Who?
What?
What is Travel?
The definition of travel is
"make a journey, typically of some length or abroad.". People travel for pleasure or work usually by air, train or boat.
What are the Different Forms of Travel?
Air, train and boat are the major forms of travel. The Aviation industry accounts for 4-9% of anthropogenic climate change. The industry is growing, since 1990 there has been an 84% increase in CO2 emissions from air travel.The railway industry represents 1% of Canada's total greenhouse gas emissions. The cruise ship industry is responsible for 0.2% of global CO2 emissions.
What is the Most Inexpensive Form of travel
In most countries air travel is the cheapest form of travel.
Why
Why is air travel so popular?
How?
Factuals
Many different factors of traveling and tourism can correlate to climate change
Deforestation to make resorts and tourist attractions
The form of transportation most likely emits CO2
How Much CO2?
4.1 billion people traveled by airplane in 2017
A plane cruising at average speed emits 90kg of CO2 per hour. This effect is even more impactful as it is emitted closer to the atmosphere
Also, these huge forms of transportation, like ships, trains and planes cost a lot of materials to make and create greenhouse gases in the process of being made.
When?
When did traveling become popular?
When do people usually travel the most?
Traveling became popular in 1950s, when airplanes were known as a safe, comfortable and new traveling vehical.
People travel the most during, summer and winter breaks usally to go on vactions
Flight ticket prices are at a near all-time low. Prices have been declining slowly for over 30 years now, which means that there are more passengers than ever.
Nowadays, it's a very safe form of travel. In fact, you have a higher chance of getting struck by lightning than to get into a fatal crash.
Who are Stakeholders in the Travel Industry?
Some stakeholders are Tourism agencies and establishments,employees that work for these companies and travelers. In a more general way local and national governments are stakeholders as well.
Who Monitors the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of a Country?
The government of a country forms agreements with other countries and they measure the green house gas emissions, they then report their data to each other (usually through the U.N).