Major Environmental Impacts of European Tourist Transport

By merging European passenger transport demand data with international tourism data, a new data model was created, giving insight in the environmental impacts of tourism transport between the places of residence of European Union citizens and their tourist destinations. Analysis with this data model shows that, of the environmental impacts considered (climate change, air quality, noise and nature/landscape), climate change generates more than half of the externalities of tourist transport. Policies with the objective of reducing the external cost of European tourism should focus on measures reducing the impacts of tourist air transportation and intercontinental tourism.

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  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VG8-4N2DRFX-1/2/42ac698f8fcd30a7e7c455134db3a839
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier
• Authors:
  • Peeters, Paul
  • Szimba, Eckhard
  • Duijnisveld, Marco
• Publication Date: 2007-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 83-93
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Geography
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0966-6923
  • Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jtrangeo

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality; Air transportation; Climate change; Environmental impacts; Externalities; Forecasting; International travel; Noise; Tourism; Transportation policy; Travel demand
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Energy; Environment; Finance; Highways; Policy; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01046562
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 25 2007 1:45PM