Global Warming Effects on the Tourism Industry

Tourism Industry is the booming and the most flourishing industry in the world. It is full of profits and money making. But nowadays due to the effect of global warming, this industry is decreasing in popularity and profits. Global warming is the warming of the earth by heat trapped gases released by human beings in their quest to power their modern lives. This effectively means the burning of gas, coal, and oil emits carbon dioxide and this in turn adds to global warming.

The global warming has affected the economies of various countries. Various scientists have proved the major destruction in the near future if global warming is not controlled.

Let us know the growing effects on the tourism industry because of global warming.

• The main characteristic of the northern countries is their low temperatures. With an increase in temperature their climate may be much warmer. This has very important consequences on the tourism industry.
• It is also said that some of the countries can suffer with drought s in the near future. Many plants may not resist such high temperatures and many countries may become more similar to a desert. Now because of these reasons, tourism is getting affected pathetically. On the other hand, with the increase in temperature countries like Canada and northern Europe will be more habitable than nowadays and so attract tourists and settlers.
• Also avalanches may increase and the snow skiing areas will not be considered beneficial and attractive as they will not be safer in the future. They will not remain as the nice tourist attraction. On the other hand new areas may become adequate for skiing. In general we will be observing to a shift in the tourism industry.
• Just because of the global warming effects people will not be able to go the beaches, scuba diving and snorkeling may have to be stopped then, skiing in the mountains will become just another memory, rising sea waters may sink many monuments like the London Tower, and water may become scarce in places like Leh which has its water source in the glaciers of the Himalayas.
• The aviation industry is becoming the major source of pollutant of the environment and airplanes emit carbon dioxide.
• The countries like Italy, Spain and Greece which have a favorable climate have now started becoming too hot to travel and live comfortably. While some places are becoming the major tourism hub because of the positive effects of global warming.
• Thus shift in tourism industry means a shift in resources. Northern countries will have to shift more resources from other industries to provide for the booming tourism industry. While Caribbean and Mediterranean countries must shift resources from the now declining tourism industry to other more profitable industries.

By taking some profitable measures and by combating global warming we can help tourism industry to flourish again.