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You're listening to roundtable with myself, he Young.
I'm joined by Li Yi and Steve Hatherly in the studio.
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now let's shift gears.
Every traveler's bucket list includes natural wonders such as Australia's Great Barrier Reef or the Mer de Glace glacier in the French Alps.
These spots are attracting more visitors these days, not just because they offer a once in a lifetime experience, but also because people worry they might not be around forever.
It's called last chance tourism, but is it doing more harm than good?
Steve, what is happening right now?
Yeah.
Travel related story and it's an interesting trend in the travel industry.
You know, travel and tourism is responsible for between eight and 11% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
That's from a 2021 report from the World Travel and Tourism Council.
And as the planet is getting hotter, as it's warming up many of our natural wonders, for example, coral reefs, or as you mentioned, glaciers, they are at risk of damage and disappearance.
At risk of damage and disappearance is a quote from the New York Times.
And that means that some of these manmade greenhouse gases created from us, from the travel and tourism industry, it could be exacerbating some of the really big changes that are putting these locations, like coral reefs, like the Great Barrier Reef, like the Mer de Glasier Glacier, putting those places in danger because of increased tourism to those spots.