CARBON FOOTPRINT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF SUSTAINABLE TOURİSM

Abstract

Transportation, heating and waste related gases released into the atmosphere are responsible for carbon emissions which is the serious reason of environmental pollution. The relevance of the tourism sector which should apply sustainable practices stems from the fact that it globally affects a wide audience and travels with various means of transport, especially airlines, the energy used in maintaining the infrastructure,warm-up and operation of accommodation facilities leave the significant carbon footprint. In the name of controlling our carbon footprint,it is important to establishing policies on an international scale and to develop awareness about the issue as tourists. The aim of this study is to establish a theoretical bond between the carbon footprint- sustainable tourism and to shed light on future work. The heroic contribution of the study is to demonstrate the seriousness of the subject with numerical data, detailing the he national-international level measures primarily in the tourism framework and to examine the individuals’ level of awareness.