Balearic Islands: responsible tourism

One of the biggest challenges for today’s tourism industry is adaptation to climate change. To confront this challenge, tourism companies together with the administration, workers in the sector and tourists themselves, have to create a roadmap towards becoming a responsible and environmentally friendly industry.

The Balearic Islands has all the capacity and know-how to become an incubator of new trends in responsible tourism. Steps on this path have been taken already by the local administration through the approval of eco-taxes, and the regional climate change plan that aims to be renewable and carbon-free by 2050.

Tourism is responsible for 5% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and 1% of the water consumed globally goes to tourism; an estimated 7% of water pollution is due to tourism. The tourism sector must embrace efficiency strategies for carbon abatement and reducing water consumption, for example, using regenerated or grey water in cleaning.

The tourism sector also needs to be aware that the environmental issue is both global and urgent, and therefore must be factored in to its medium- and long-term development plans. One road map that highlights where the sector can improve is the so-called 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 established by the United Nations, including the preservation of resources, and reducing pollution and food waste.

The islands’ experience of different models of tourism can empower you to take the initiative and pioneer sustainable tourism and become a global leader in protecting the environment and combating climate change. This will require the combined effort of large hotel corporations, federations, regional government and town halls and tourism clusters.

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