#travel News
From more frequent direct flights to marketing drives, some of the Philippines' most pristine destinations are campaigning for more visitors. Eco-Business reports on why there is renewed optimism for sustainable tourism in the archipelago.
A recent study found that people across different income levels significantly underestimate the carbon footprints of the wealthiest and overestimate those of the poorest, revealing widespread misconceptions about the inequality in personal carbon emissions.
Post-pandemic Asia is working to revive tourism revenues, but overtourism is straining the environment and local communities, highlighting the need for sustainable tourism support from sending countries.
Though they have only just set sail, battery-powered ships have huge potential for cutting transport emissions.
Carbon & Climate
How do private jets fuel climate change?
#travel Opinion
Chinese and American firms are seeking to export their autonomous driving technologies to Southeast Asia. The signal lesson is that their data-driven models require sensitivity and adaptation to the region’s diverse markets.
Carbon & Climate
Clearing the air on snow leopards and last chance tourism
India's Ladakh is seeing a form of tourism which relies on climate grief and a desire to escape toxic cities.
The 2024 Hajj pilgrimage has been overshadowed by disaster and tragedy, with the death of at least 900 pilgrims, mostly due to heat exhaustion and related complications.
As climate change makes smog and bushfires more common, people will die from air pollution at increasingly high rates – especially in densely populated cities.
Transport
The debacle around 'ghost flights'
#travel Podcasts
EB Studio
With alternatives such as sustainable aviation fuel still too expensive and low in demand for the aviation industry to consider, carbon offsets could be a way to reduce emissions – if used right. EcoSecurities and the International Air Transport Association tell the Eco-Business podcast how airlines can ensure compliance when new regulations become mandatory
#travel Press Releases
Diversey - A Solenis Company
Diversey, Thailand’s hotel housekeepers push for more sustainable practices
eMobility Expo World Congress
eMobility Expo closes with 6,873 attendees, sets strategy for new era of sustainable mobility
Aura Digital PR
bluegr Hotels & Resorts: Greece’s pinnacle of sustainable luxury
