Global warming ‘good for Aussie tourism’
An AAP report says that global warming can benefit the Australian tourism industry, former Queensland premier Peter Beattie says.
Mr Beattie, now a visiting scholar at the University of South Carolina in the United States, this week gave a guest address at the university on sustainable tourism.
“There is a silver lining to global warming in Queensland, and it is not just developing clean coal technology to clean up energy generation and a more environmental way in which we inhabit this planet,” Mr Beattie told the forum.
“Global warming not only demands environmental answers but will see an increasing desire. . . for clean, green tourism destinations which are environmentally friendly and carbon neutral.”
He said an increasing number of American and European tourists would demand eco-friendly tourist activities and accommodation.
“Queensland’s rainforests and Great Barrier Reef will be prime targets for these environmental tourists, and operators who promote themselves as environmentally friendly and carbon neutral will be the big winners,” he said.
“Indeed, holiday experiences which include a focus on the dangers facing the reef from rising global temperatures will have a particular appeal, especially if Australian tourism operators highlight the positive role Australia is playing in fighting carbon emissions and global warming.”
Mr Beattie said indigenous eco-tourism was another area worth developing.
“This provides an opportunity for the development of sustainable ventures that promote indigenous culture and demonstrate the relationship of the environment with its original inhabitants,” he said.
Mr Beattie stepped down as premier in September last year and in June take up a three-year posting as the Queensland trade commissioner based in Los Angeles.
by: The Mole
John Alwyn-Jones
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