Germany Has Reduced Its Carbon Emissions in Spite of Tourism Growth

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The latest World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) report has revealed that Germany is one of the few leading countries where Travel and Tourism has continued to grow, while at the same time reducing its absolute emissions.

WTTC data also shows that in 2019, the sector was responsible for 10.3 per cent of Germany’s total greenhouse gas emissions, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.

Based on the report, this figure fell by more than four percentage points, to reach 5.9 per cent in 2020 and 5.8 per cent in 2021. Meanwhile, during the period 2010-2019, Germany’s Travel and Tourism sector decoupled greenhouse gas emissions from further growing.

Between 2010-2019, greenhouse gas emissions decreased by an average of 1.1 per cent per year, while the total contribution of Travel and Tourism to the German economy increased by an average of 1.5 per cent per year. During 2010, for every €1 generated by Travel and Tourism in Germany, the sector emitted 0.55 kg of greenhouse gases.

Later in 2019, this figure fell by 22 per cent to 0.43 kg per €1 created and continued to fall in the following years, to a low of 0.36 kg per €1 in 2021.

In this regard, WTTC President and CEO Julia Simpson noted that WTTC data shows Germany is one of the few powerful Travel and Tourism centers that is reducing its absolute emissions.

“The Travel & Tourism sector has decoupled its economic growth from its greenhouse gas emissions and continues to reduce its emissions intensity, but we know there is still work to be done. To reach our goals and ambitions, we must make bigger and bolder steps to reduce our absolute emissions,” she also noted.

According to Simpson, it is very necessary and important to have the government’s support in accelerating the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels.

Figures from the global tourism body have also revealed that between 2010 and 2019, the sector’s total energy use increased by just 0.2 per cent per year. At the same time, the sector also reduced its energy intensity by 18.3 per cent, highlighting the steps taken by Travel and Tourism to reduce energy use.

As WTTC explains, such research covers 185 countries in all regions and will be updated annually with the latest figures and it was made possible due to collaboration with the Global Center for Sustainable Tourism based in Saudi Arabia.

Last year, the Saudi Green Initiative launched 60 initiatives representing more than $186 billion in investments in the green economy.

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