TTW
TTW

Responsible Tourism, theme for Arabian Travel Market

Friday, January 19, 2018

Favorite

 

resArabian Travel Market in Dubai to be held in April has adopted the theme of responsible tourism.

 

 

 

The event will be held from April 22-25 will take place at Dubai World Trade Centre  as the UAE sets a target to reduce its carbon emissions by 16% by 2021.

 

 

 

ATM senior exhibition director Simon Press said that it was  important to highlight that the GCC is one of the fastest growing regional hospitality markets on a global scale and is a resource intensive industry. Its environmental impact  is multi-dimensional, ranging from CO2 emissions, water and energy demand, food waste, noise and light pollution.

 

It was estimated by the UNWTO that tourism was responsible for about 5% of global CO2 emissions while accommodation accounted for approximately 20% of emissions from tourism. It will be inclusive of energy demand, dining and leisure.

 

As per research the hotel carbon footprint in the UAE was within the global average range (20,000 – 30,000 kilograms carbon dioxide equivalent per room); but Saudi Arabia was up at over 50,000.

 

 

In terms of hotel energy usage per square metre it was the same  – the UAE is within the global average at just under 500KWH and Saudi Arabia was around 750KWH.

 

 

It was revealed that the travellers got conscious of the carbon footprint they left while visiting destinations across the globe and the subsequent impact this has on the environment.

 

 

The entire industry has had to look  hard at how sustainability and a credible social conscious must drive business strategy.

Share On:

Subscribe to our Newsletters

« Back to Page

Related Posts

Select Your Language

PARTNERS

IITM
AHIF
at-TTW

Subscribe to our Newsletters

I want to receive travel news and trade event update from Travel And Tour World. I have read Travel And Tour World'sPrivacy Notice.