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Simon Upton says environmental benefits only evident over long time frames.

Simon Upton says environmental benefits only evident over long time frames.

Tourism operators know that the steady erosion of Aotearoa's environment could eventually cost them their business. Here's what they're doing about it.

International tourism has clearly been hit hard by COVID-19. But despite the desperation of the travel and airline industries, people are already questioning whether it should ever return to pre-pandemic levels. One who thinks not is Air New Zealand’s chief environmental adviser, Sir Jonathon Porritt. Increasing the price of long-haul flights to pay for greenhouse gas emissions, he said recently, would help end “thoughtless, heedless” tourism. Porritt was responding to the latest report from Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton. Titled “Not 100% – but four ste...

Taxing long-haul flights isn't the answer to NZ's tourism woes 17 Mar, 2021 02:37 AM 4 minutes to read Other OPINION: International tourism has clearly been hit hard by Covid-19. But despite the desperation of the travel and airline industries, people are already questioning whether it should ever return to pre-pandemic levels. One who thinks not is Air New Zealand's chief environmental adviser, Sir Jonathon Porritt. Increasing the price of long-haul flights to pay for greenhouse gas emissions, he said recently, would help end "thoughtless, heedless" tourism. Porritt was responding to the lat...