India among top three contributors to tourism emissions during 2009-2019, study estimates

NEW DELHI: India, the US and China, were together responsible for 60 per cent of increase in tourism emissions between 2009 and 2019, a study has found, attributing it largely to population and a strong growth in travel demand.

China’s domestic tourism expenditure expanded by 17 per cent per year over the past decade and pushed global emissions up by 0.4 gigatonnes, followed by domestic tourism in the US (0.2 gigatonnes) and India (0.1 gigatonnes), the study, published in the journal Nature Communications, found.

Rising income levels, especially among the “emerging economic powerhouses of China and India”, too could be a driving factor, researchers led by those at the University of Queensland, Australia, said in the study.

Source: PTI News

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