The carbon footprint of Australian toursim

Source: CRC Sustainable Tourism
"Faced with increasing concern about climate change and the spill-over effects of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, various industries have been called upon to measure their carbon footprints – usually reported as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in CO2 equivalents. Tourism is not reported as a separate sector in Australia’s national accounts. Deriving a carbon footprint for the tourism sector is therefore a particularly complex task because of the inter-sectoral nature of tourism. This report refers to estimates of all emissions which are included in the Kyoto protocol. In this way, comparisons can be made with other Australian industry emission estimates. However, any consideration of tourism emissions would normally also include international aviation activity for international visitors to Australia, which are not included in the Kyoto protocol. In addition to estimating the direct effects of carbon emissions, the indirect effects are also estimated to provide a comprehensive analysis of the sector. Comparisons with other industry’s emissions are made using direct effects only."