Sustainable Tourism – For how long?

The push is on for tourism operators in New Zealand to operate sustainably.

A key marketing point for NZ Tourism is to be clean and green and ‘100% Pure’, yet we are faced with the bulk of tourist arriving by long haul jet aircraft.

It’s an important selling point – yet inbound tourists are becoming more aware of their environmental footprint.

One company in Canterbury is now running their off road tour vehicle on waste vegetable oil.

With no scalable alternative to jet-fuel – the long haul inbound tourist might be on the verge of extinction with Peak Oil.

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3 Responses to “Sustainable Tourism – For how long?”

oneloosecoconut on December 13th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

This is the future. …
This is the future. Its a start. Well done NZ.
xavierfontaulet on December 13th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

Tourism trivial? …
Tourism trivial? Get real, this is the biggest industry in the world, and international flights account for a growing share of global warming. If NZ sees this as a marketing strategy and can do something about guilt free holidays then all the better.
gazzyjeanne on December 13th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

My God! The …
My God! The massive bubble in human population is about to burst for lack of fuel to sustain it, and someone is focusing on something as trivial as tourism.

Give me a break.

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