TITLE:
Dynamic Study on Tourism Carbon Footprint and Carbon Carrying Capacity in Sichuan Province
AUTHORS:
Yu Ren, Chunrong Zhao, Juanlin Fu
KEYWORDS:
Tourism Carbon Footprint, Tourism Carbon Carrying Capacity, Net Carbon Footprint, Tourism, Sichuan Province
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
Vol.7 No.7,
July
18,
2019
ABSTRACT:
Tourism carbon emission is one of the important
factors affecting ecological environment. In order to clarify the trend and
changing characteristics of tourism carbon emissions, academia has carried out
quantitative research on tourism carbon footprint. Based on the theory of
carbon footprint, this study analyzes the tourism carbon emissions in Sichuan
Province from 2004 to 2018 through three indexes: tourism carbon footprint,
carbon carrying capacity and net carbon footprint. The results show that the
carbon footprint of tourism in Sichuan Province shows an increasing trend.
During the fifteen years, it increases by 20.2 times from 427.59 million tons
to 9505.95 million tons. The carbon carrying capacity of tourism is increasing
year by year except in 2008. Sichuan Province was in a carbon surplus before
2012. The carbon carrying capacity is greater than the carbon footprint, which
is friendly to the ecological environment. After 2012, Sichuan Province is in a
state of carbon deficit, and the ecological pressure is increasing, which is
not conducive to human survival.