Global tourism greenhouse gas emissions up 40 pct over 10 years: Australian study
SYDNEY, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Greenhouse gas emissions from tourism surged by 40 percent over the 10 years to 2019, Australian-led research has found.
According to the research, which was published on Wednesday by the University of Queensland (UQ), the tourism industry's global carbon footprint increased from 3.7 gigatons (Gt) of emissions in 2009 to 5.2 Gt in 2019, seeing an increase of 40.5 percent.
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