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These principles appear to achieve more

balance between sociocultural and

environmental elements.

It is very important to mention here also

the Kyoto Protocol from 1997 aimed to reduce

green house effect by limiting CO emissions.
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Tourism is the center stage in these concerns

because travel for leisure purposes is not a

fundamental necessity and it contributes to

CO emissions through the consumption of
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fossil fuels used to transport people on

holiday, at the destination and in the

accommodation they use. The transport causes

around 75% of the CO emissions generated
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by tourism, with aviation responsible for

around 40%. Improving energy efficiency in

transportation may be expected to generate a

reduction of 32% in the emissions per

passenger kilometer between 2005 and 2035.

However, the quantity of emissions varies

depending on the mode of transport used, with

long-haul travel the greatest contributor to

highly emission-intense trips.

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