by Marcela Torres
Today
marks the celebration of the 2012 World Tourism Day (WTD) under the theme “Tourism
& Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development”, with the aim of
highlighting tourism’s role in a brighter energy future; a future in which the
world’s entire population has access to modern, efficient and affordable energy
services.
Through
this blog, we have highlighted several initiative or issues related to energy
sustainability in tourism. One outstanding example is the construction of the first
sustainable Visitor Center in a protected area in Chile, in the Soncor Sector (Chaxa
Lagoon) of the Los Flamencos National Reserve in the Atacama Salt Flat. The
project included the architectural design and construction of the Visitor
Center, incorporating techniques such as reuse
of grey water and electricity generation through solar panels and wind mills.
We have
also analyzed the international trend of travelers
preferring “green hotels”, highlighting the opening in
Santiago of Chile’s first green hotel which, among other things, using
solar panels to provide electricity for its rooms and promotes recycling among
its staff and guests.
In terms
of transportation, we have covered topics such as the use of biofuels by airlines, regarding the implications of
increasing costs of fuel and energy in the future. We have also talked about green transfers, thanks to an article republished
from The Travel World blog which describes the experience of Green Path Transfers as a global provider of eco-friendly airport and intercity transfers.
Finally,
we’ve provided useful tips for tourists to reduce their carbon footprint
while traveling,
through measures such as saving unnecessary energy expenditure when they’re not
at home, avoiding disposable batteries and choosing day flights which use less
fuel and emit fewer amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
If we all encountered small sustainable;le systems in our tourism industry, it would go a long way to helping us build a greener future. Cultures and trends in other countries can become so infatuated with those of others, and foreign visitors saw the UK filled with domestic solutions like those from smaller companies like WDS Cardiff, it'd quickly catch on.
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