New approaches needed to manage tourism growth - Upton

New approaches needed to manage tourism growth - Upton
Gavin Evans
Environmental pressures from growth in tourism will only increase unless new approaches are adopted and acted on, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says.Growing visitor numbers – both domestic and international – are straining the ability of some sites to cope, while also increasing the general environmental burden of solid waste and emissions, commissioner Simon Upton said today.While many tourism operators have a longstanding emphasis on sustainability, he noted the issues highlighted in his office’s latest study of the impac...

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