Climate change supporters have the travel industry in its crosshairs, pressuring businesses like airlines, cruise operators, and other tourism sectors to adopt more eco-friendly practices.
The heat is on—quite literally—at every level. Sources for this coercion range from global agencies like the United Nations and World Economic Forum to scientific researchers. From this, a civilian-led movement to scale back individual travel has sprouted up, known as “travel shaming.”
While official and social pressure is building against those who dream of visiting exotic locales, the travel industry is responding to demands for “greener” practices. Many of these changes aim to reduce the carbon footprint in tourism-related businesses….