Eco-tourism in Thailand | Global Ideas

Some 900 million tourists travel the world every year, and the tourism boom goes hand-in-hand with rapidly rising CO2 emissions. Thailand, one of the world's most popular holiday destinations, is home to an island that's pioneering sustainable tourism: Kho Khao, which was devastated by the 2004 tsunami. The new hotel complexes that have been built in recent years are energy-efficient and designed to reduce the island's carbon emissions by 20 percent. Resorts in neighboring Khao Lak are following suit.

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• Deutsche
• Welle
• climate
• global
• ideas
• Thailand
• Climate
• protection
• climate-friendly
• tourism
• island
• Kho
• Khao