The global travel and tourism industry has reduced its carbon footprint at the end of 2024, contributing 6.7 per per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions globally compared to 7.6 per cent in 2019. Emissions reduction was made possible by “renewable electrification” in ground transportation, which contributes to 40 per cent of carbon footprint in the travel and tourism industry.
However, WTTC’s president & CEO, Julia Simpson, warned that in absolute terms, the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions were still rising, as travel and tourism is a growth sector.
“People often think that the largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions is aviation, but it is actually ground transport – the tiny trucks coming to hotels for delivery and the vehicles transporting customers around,” said…
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