Travellers more environmentally conscious
A New Zealand Press Association report says that a massive global survey shows that travellers have become far more environmentally conscious than in the past.
The Lonely Planet survey of 24,500 people from 144 countries worldwide found that travellers were keen to make significant changes in order to travel in a more sustainable way.
Ninety three percent of respondents said they would or might participate in environmentally-friendly travel in the future compared with 36 percent of people who said they had never considered the environment in their past travels.
The majority of travellers were worried about carbon emissions from flying, with only 7 percent saying that they did not think aircraft carbon emissions were a concern.
Some were willing to boycott flying for other less damaging modes of transport.
One of the strongest changes for the future was in voluntary work. A huge 79 percent of respondents said they would or might apply for voluntary work overseas, with only 25 percent having done so in the past.
Lonely Planet spokesman Adam Stanford said it was encouraging to see travellers embracing change.
“The survey reveals that 73 percent of respondents feel that travel is `in their blood’, so its fantastic to see that people are consciously considering their impacts, and are willing to alter their actions to protect the destinations they love.”
Report by The Mole
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