DHS Y4 Soc Sem Reading_Tourism

1 DUNMAN HIGH SCHOOLYear 4 English 2023Singapore Issues – Tourism SOCRATIC SEMINAR – TOURISMEssential Questions:●What should be done to address climate change due to tourism?●Tourism helps sustain economies, but it could contribute to global warming in the long run. How could a balance be reached?●How does tourism negatively affect local people's lives?●What role can government tech play in tourism?●What is the future of tourism?With reference to the attached resource material, as well as your own research, construct a reasoned response on this issue, paying particular attention to the depth, breadth and fair- mindedness of your views.You are not limited to discussing the essential questions above. You may dig deeper into the issues by asking critical questions to your fellow panelists, or lead the discussion into a specific perspective or angle.ContentsExhibit 1This is how tourism must shift to actually address climate changeExhibit 2Tourism is all-consuming: How Airbnb’s ethical rival is letting communities decide how much tourism they can takeExhibit 3The role of data and tech in transforming a destination experience Exhibit 4Wellness will be the key component of Singapore’s tourism offerings in next 5 to 10 years: STB Chief

2 Exhibit 1: This Is How Tourism Must Shift to Actually Address Climate ChangeBy Lebawit Lily Girma (November 14, 2022)A new report released during COP27 reveals that only one scenario could possibly reduce emissions in time.If you’re concerned about climate change and wondering whether you should travel to far-flung places as often as you used to before the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s a valid question. You’re not going to like the answer.An estimated 11% of global greenhouse gas emissions are due to tourism, and that’s predicted to double by 2050, the year scientists have forecast as the tipping point for all sorts of ecological disasters. By then, our planet will have warmed 1.5C (2.7F) above preindustrial times. By the end of the century, the figure looks to be 2C (3.6F), with that half-degree making a huge difference. If emissions are left unchecked, this warming will accelerate, bringing forth a distinctly heightened level of cataclysmic weather patterns.So how can tourism fix its emissions problem? It just needs 100% sustainable aviation fuels by 2050 to power air travel. It can grow, mostly by increasing the share of short-haul trips over time—from 69% in 2019 to 81% by 2050—while global travelers (that’s you) rein in the number of long-distance flights you take every year … until at least 2050.Once everybody sticks to this impossible-to-imagine scenario, you can return to jetting back and forth across the globe with impunity. You could do it even more if you like.

3 Tourism as usual would double emissions from it by 2050. Source: Travel Foundation, Envision 2030 ReportThose are the unsurprising, yet troubling, findings of a report from the Travel Foundation released in alignment with COP27 in collaboration with the