World Changing #3 Kathie Chung

World Changing #3
Travel and Tourism pg. 363
Kathie Chung

I chose this article because I found this subject a hard decision to make whether travel and tourism should continue despite possible economic downturns. Travel and tourism is one of the main sources of income for some economies, and therefore, they rely heavily on this industry for support of their economy. However, like the problem of logging and mining in Montana, while travel and tourism may help the society economically, this industry will cause harm to their environment as well. The airplanes emit carbon dioxide emissions into the air, which is one of the factors that is causing our climate to change, especially because these emissions are emitted in higher altitudes, they cause more harm to the ozone layer. However, I do not believe that people will take a considerable amount of action to protect the environment from the emissions due to the comfort and easy accessibility of airplanes when traveling. I believe that comfort is more important to many people rather than protecting the environment, because they cannot see/feel the affects of pollution at the present moment, and thus, continue to focus their energy on accessibility and comfort of travel. However, some companies may use the term of ecotourism, but they might not understand the meaning and concept of this term to the fullest. I agree that if all the planes were modified to run on bio-fuel as well as solar power, then it will be a win-win situation for both the people in costs, as well as the environment.