| In the next ten years or so, the tourism industry is | | | | extinction up to thirty percent of marine life and |
| going to double and its contribution to global warming | | | | different pant species. Notwithstanding, to mention |
| is expected to jump as increasing numbers of people | | | | safari Africa where a significant decrease on the |
| travel by air. The industry accounts for five percent | | | | number of lions, elephants and rhinoceros, affecting |
| of global emissions of heat trapping gases in the | | | | and hurting the safari operators. |
| atmosphere. According to a UN agency report, global | | | | Maldives an island south of subcontinent India, and |
| warming may extend the summers of northern | | | | whose economy is dependent heavily in tourism, |
| countries like Canada, Britain and Russia and create | | | | could lose the entire islands with a small increase in |
| new opportunities for travel in the polar regions. In | | | | sea levels while the urban sites in Europe like Venice |
| poorer and island nations where the tourism industry | | | | and lower Manhattan could also be submerged to |
| is generating an economic output up to forty percent | | | | water. While the estimated potential losses the |
| were seen jeopardized by worlds rising temperature | | | | tourism industry was not clearly known. Unmitigated |
| and the result of environmental changes. Beach | | | | climate change can damage tourist sites, could cause |
| resort tourism and winter-summer sports as well | | | | severe job losses and economic dislocation. Changing |
| already felt the effect of rising temperatures which | | | | weather patterns has underlined by would be |
| will cause more hot days, strong winds, tropical | | | | traveler’s perceptions of the impact of global |
| storms, intense rainfall, drought and wildfires, the UN | | | | warming that is affecting in some particular areas |
| World Tourism Organization has reported. | | | | would increasingly influence their choices. |
| Several coastal areas have noted beach erosions | | | | Water shortages in popular warm weather resorts is |
| brought about by storms, more algae blooms and | | | | imminent because this would effect strain resources |
| jelly fish infestations because of warmer than normal | | | | shake by the local population or agriculture. Travelers |
| sea temperature. Mountain resorts have coped with | | | | by air are increasingly aware of green gases |
| less snow and shorter ski seasons. Areas allocated | | | | emissions and a possible carbon taxes will be levied |
| for scuba diving and snorkeling were also seen under | | | | anything associated with air travel according to the |
| threat from climate change. | | | | UN World Tourism Organization. |
| Most of the coral reefs would be obliterated by just | | | | Although the overall worldwide growth in tourism was |
| a mere increase of a three degree Celsius of sea | | | | unlikely to suffer much, it could lead to more tourism |
| temperature. Those colorful fishes and sea creatures | | | | spending in temperate nations and less in warmer or |
| would also disappear in due time if the rising of sea | | | | tropical destinations that are presently popular the |
| temperature cannot be stopped. It could threaten | | | | report has added. |