Due to easy access to air travel, the trend of travelling for touristic or other reasons has significantly increased. Many countries are adding flights every day to meet this huge demand and this is worrisome for environmentalists. This superfluous air travel has damaged air quality and can be avoided by discouraging travelling for leisure.
Growing number of flights everyday has lead to sharp rise in air pollution in last decade. This is due to byproducts of fuel, left in the air, used to drive aeroplanes. Since the engine of aeroplane needs large amount of energy for ignition alone, fuel is used in massive quantities. Needless to say, the pollution index rises exponentially with each air vehicle passing through the air. Statistics show that air quality in countries, where air travel is popular, has dropped by 55% in last five years. These figures are clear manifestation of havoc, frequent usage of air transport is wreaking on the environment.
The best way to reduce the number of flights is to impose heavy environment taxes on tourism. In last few years, most of the air travelers have been tourists because tickets are cheap and flights are readily available. Considering the levels of rise in pollution, air travelling for the sake of fun cannot be afforded so, governments should move to tax such trips. It will force masses to think twice about environment damage before booking a ticket to exotic destination, and reduce this trend altogether. Furthermore, the money collected from such taxes can be used to find alternative energy resources for air vehicles and make strategies for protection of environment.
To conclude, to meet the increasing demand of travelling by air, airports have added more flights in their schedule but it has deteriorated air quality. Therefore, this issue needs to be addressed immediately and it can only be done by implementing financial restrictions on tourism in the form of environment protection tax.
Due to easy access to
air
travel, the trend of
travelling
for touristic or other reasons has
significantly
increased.
Many
countries are adding
flights
every day to
meet
this huge demand and this is worrisome for environmentalists. This superfluous
air
travel has damaged
air
quality and can
be avoided
by discouraging
travelling
for leisure.
Growing number of
flights
everyday
has lead to sharp rise in
air
pollution in last decade. This is due to byproducts of fuel,
left
in the
air
,
used
to drive
aeroplanes
. Since the engine of
aeroplane
needs large amount of energy for ignition alone, fuel is
used
in massive quantities. Needless to say, the pollution index rises
exponentially
with each
air
vehicle passing through the
air
. Statistics
show
that
air
quality in countries, where
air
travel is popular, has dropped by 55% in last five years. These figures are
clear
manifestation of havoc, frequent usage of
air
transport is wreaking on the environment.
The best way to
reduce
the number of
flights
is to impose heavy environment
taxes
on tourism. In last few years, most of the
air
travelers have been tourists
because
tickets are
cheap
and
flights
are
readily
available. Considering the levels of rise in pollution,
air
travelling
for the sake of fun cannot
be afforded
so
,
governments
should
move
to
tax
such trips. It will force masses to
think
twice about environment damage
before
booking a ticket to exotic destination, and
reduce
this trend altogether.
Furthermore
, the money collected from such
taxes
can be
used
to find alternative energy resources for
air
vehicles and
make
strategies for protection of environment.
To conclude
, to
meet
the increasing demand of
travelling
by
air
, airports have
added
more
flights
in their schedule
but
it has deteriorated
air
quality.
Therefore
, this issue needs to
be addressed
immediately and it can
only
be done
by implementing financial restrictions on tourism in the form of environment protection
tax
.