The future of tourism in a changing world

Is the 2012 Olympic Games to be the last major tourist event in Europe?

OK, don’t panic, it probably won’t be. But a report released this month by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in the UK suggests that after that date air travel in the EU might become much more expensive as the carbon Emissions Trading Scheme includes emissions from aircraft for the first time.
The report concludes [...]