Study on Introduction Carbon Management into Environmental Management of Tourist Destinations

Xinliang Ye, Ruihong Sun, Jun Gao

Ekoloji, 2018, Issue 104, Pages: 21-32, Article No: e104003

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Abstract

Tourist destinations in China face pressure from the target that carbon emissions Per unit GDP dropping ​​40-45% from 2005 to 2020, as tourist activities almost happen in destinations and the carbon dioxide emissions generated by the tourism industry are mainly in destination. Carbon management is a new framework being built based on the ecosystem carbon cycle and environmental management and offers a new way to improve present management in destinations. How to introduce carbon management planning into tourist destination management to achieve low-cost carbon emission reduction targets has become a hot topic for research. While emissions are produced in travel to the destination, this study only examines in destination travel and looked destination as an integrated system to discuss future development by reconciling climate change, environmental management and tourism growth. Firstly, this article reviews past research about carbon management in China and abroad, followed by an analysis the key issues and the basis of carbon management at a tourist destination. Carbon management seeks to manage the carbon cycle system process, and the key problem to be solved is how to keep the carbon cycle in smooth operation, so that the tourism industry and the environment achieve coordinated sustainable development. Analysis of the operation, dynamic mechanism, and restraint mechanisms of carbon management in tourist destination, leads to the conclusion that the basic operating mechanism for carbon management involves carbon sinks. The forces driving change in this area are clean development and carbon trading. Stakeholder collaboration and responsibilities for carbon reduction are the main constraints.

Keywords

carbon management, environmental management, tourist destinations, tourist activity, carbon emission

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