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Tourism and aviation.(Tourism)
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Earth Focus Une Planete/ Une Communaute
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June 22, 2007
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Trains, planes and automobiles! Walking, hitchhiking and cycling! The role of transport seems inescapable in our daily lives which is worrying because of it's major contribution to the increase in carbon emissions. The escalation in technologies and new modes of transport has now made the world seem like a smaller more compact place! The tourist industry relies on certain modes of transport, especially that of the aviation industry The aviation industry is now considered the world's fastest growing source of carbon dioxide emissions. The organisation Hacan Clearskies (www. hacan.org.uk) states that, "World-wide aviation is currently responsible for ...