2023年旅游业投资报告.pptx

If face masks and lockdown are a fading memory, the reality of climate change is as palpable as ever. Wildfires, triggered by extreme high temperatures as much as by reckless arson, have been ravaging tourist destinations across the Mediterranean, leaving thousands of tourists stranded. Major touristic cities like Rome have set in motion emergency protocols to close main attractions during heat waves. Meanwhile, in the San Blas archipelago, a tropical paradise in Panama that is home to indigenous Kuna people and a few boutique hotels, a whole island community of 300 families is being moved to the mainland because of rising sea levels. These are just a few examples of how climate change is disrupting tourism hotspots, but the list is much longer. The climate shock calls for immediate climate resilience action to limit the damage as much as possible. Assertive agendas at national and local levels are also needed to secure sustainability in the long-term. They will inevitably affect tourism too, and the way we all travel and spend our spare time. If anything, the Covid–19 pandemic gave policymakers a chance to go back to the drawing room and better incorporate sustainability and net-zero approaches to their development strategies. The tourism ecosystem, which is a major source of wealth and employment the world over, has a key role to play in shaping these policies and reducing its environmental footprint. It is not only about its own survival. It is about our own survival. after all but vanishing in the pandemic years. With Covid–19 behind us, the industry has no time to waste in addressing the biggest challenge of our times: climate change and the resulting sustainability imperative. Once again, fDi Intelligence has teamed up with the World Tourism Organization of the United Nations (UNWTO) to look at the current state of the global tourism cluster through the lens of international ar