Transportation impacts a large scope of operations linked with tourism industry, involving moving people, goods and services.
Growth of tourism has been fuelled by the improvements in transportation. This growth has also resulted in increased and inefficient energy use.
How can transportation work against sustainable tourism?
- Transportation related emissions impacting on environment
- Increased visitor traffic causing damage to the same environment they come to see
- Roadways and airway that disturb nature parks and sensitive areas
There is sometimes the need to restrict or control traffic to tourist destinations.
How is Transport control achieved?
Current environmental issues & lack of social awareness
- Climate change and global warming posing risk to natural landscapes, flora and fauna.
- Impact on one part of eco system affecting all inter connected parts, in turn affecting eco tourism. E.g.Oil slick effects on bird life
- Large population of tourist still not sensitive to environment issues.
- Lack of environmental awareness within tourism industry employees and managers.
Economic limitations
- Mass tourism is still largely unsustainable, but this is where the money is (Large volumes of tourists)
- Various operators like travel agencies, air lines and hotels not always willing to supporting sustainable tourism due to cost of implementation.
- Economic downturns and periods of uncertainty results in businesses cutting all non essential costs, sustainability also perceived as such.
Tourism industry issues
- Move to sustainable tourism means changing the status quo
- Global tourism industry involves many parts and holistic approach to change to sustainable practices is practically daunting.
- common change management issues of resistance to change among staff
- Lack of management buy in due to lengthy return of investment period
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transport control