Tourism

vs

Climate Change

Help out and buy our book Tourism vs Climate Change!

How tourism can improve society and slow down climate change

The purpose of this book and website are to show that travel and tourism aren’t just unnecessary leisure activities which need to be reduced to prevent climate change.
Traveling has allowed us to interact with different cultures and environments. Traveling has helped to create the safest multicultural society in human history.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic tourism was the third biggest industry in the world. It provided more than 10% of the world population with a job, while its carbon footprint was only 8%.
Now our World Economy is badly damaged by the Covid-19 pandemic, but sustainable tourism might be able to help. Tourism can be used as a sustainable tool to spread the wealth of stronger economies more equally among the people who live in weaker economies. When done right tourism will not only help to make our economy more equal and multiracial, but even greener!

If you want to read more about the relationship between tourism, society and climate change, I can recommend to buy our book Tourism vs Climate Change.

Part of the revenue from the sales of our book Tourism vs Climate Change will be invested in preserving Ecuadorian nature. And another part of the revenue will be used to maintain the information on this website up to date.

Reviews of Tourism vs Climate Change

“Tourism vs Climate Change: How Tourism can improve society and slow down climate change”, by Martijn Steijn, offers a unique and in-depth perspective into the interplay between these two dynamic forces in our world today. He offers the reader a refreshing perspective based on his direct experiences in the travel industry as well as from his unique journeys as a traveler in South America. This combined with his thorough research, clear definitions and reports published by leading scientists and global institutions, make this a timeless read. It is organized as both a reference and guide for becoming a more informed and conscious traveler with a positive outlook that our world is in much need of today. I highly recommend this thought provoking book that gives the reader an opportunity to look deeper into this matter of great importance.
– U. F.

Must read for fact based travellers with responsibility for sustainability. The book provides insights in both sustainability, economy and travel – underpinned, fact based with reference notes – complemented by writers personal experiences and tools and tips to travel more sustainable – it can help the reader making a more conscious decision if and where to travel balancing experience with footprint.

Frank M.

Steve Why says: An extremely thought provoking read considering these strange times in which we are living.

Intussen heb ik je boek uitgelezen, petje af, ik vind het een heel goed onderbouwd verhaal en heb er zeker een aantal nieuwe dingen uit geleerd. Je legt alle aspecten van klimaatveranderingen heel uitgebreid uit, dit is heel informatief maar af en toe ook best pittig. – Popkje, reisagent

Translated review: In the meantime I have read your book. I think it is a very well-founded story and I have certainly learned a number of new things from it. You explain all aspects of climate change very extensively, this is very informative but sometimes also quite hard to read.