It is strange that world community still don’t notice high paper consumption in tourism.
Each tourist consumes minimum 1kg of paper during a travel. It includes maps, guidebooks, dictionaries, flight tickets and hotel bookings.
if we consider that the total number of tourists in the world is more than 1 billion per year, hence tourism industry spends about 1 million tons of paper per year. Moreover, this million travels together with tourists by planes and trains which results in excessive fuel consumption. If we add printing expenses, it is some more billion dollars per year.
In our opinion, technologies of smart tourism could solve the problem:
1. Using electronic audio guides and guidebooks instead of paper ones
2. Using electronic maps on the phone instead of paper ones
3. Using translation apps instead of paper dictionaries
These solutions don’t need any financial investments, they need only promotion of the technologies of smart tourism among travelers.
Do you still use paper production during your travels?
Each tourist consumes minimum 1kg of paper during a travel. It includes maps, guidebooks, dictionaries, flight tickets and hotel bookings.
if we consider that the total number of tourists in the world is more than 1 billion per year, hence tourism industry spends about 1 million tons of paper per year. Moreover, this million travels together with tourists by planes and trains which results in excessive fuel consumption. If we add printing expenses, it is some more billion dollars per year.
In our opinion, technologies of smart tourism could solve the problem:
1. Using electronic audio guides and guidebooks instead of paper ones
2. Using electronic maps on the phone instead of paper ones
3. Using translation apps instead of paper dictionaries
These solutions don’t need any financial investments, they need only promotion of the technologies of smart tourism among travelers.
Do you still use paper production during your travels?
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