Posts Tagged ‘Switzerland’

Top train ride

July 9th, 2009

The Rocky Mountaineer rail journey across Canada has just been named the best train ride in the world. The result comes from a survey of members of the Society of American Travel Writers. Randy Powell, president of Rocky Mountaineer, said “It is truly an honour for our Rocky Mountaineer train to be recognised and singled out as the best in the world by SATW, a prestigious organisation with members who are highly respected for providing expert travel advice”. The Rocky Mountaineer takes passengers through the Canadian Rocky Mountains from Vancouver to Banff or Jasper. Other train rides in the top ten were the Glacier Express in Switzerland, the Peru Rail and the Flying Scotsman. I love trains, so maybe I’ve found my next holiday……

If you want to discover Canada and Quebec, you can sleep at the Bed and Breakfast Le Voyageur and enjoy your holidays.

What is the impact of tourism on global warming?

September 29th, 2007

Between October 1st and 3rd, the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) together with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Swiss Government will be holding the Second International Conference on Climate Change and Tourism in Davos, Switzerland to address “the global challenge of climate change and action by the tourism sector in both adaptation of destinations and mitigation of its own impacts”. As the travel and tourism industry totaled 846 million international arrivals and 4 billion domestic trips in 2006, it is important that the people in charge are responsible and aware of the damage they are causing to the environment. Although the travel and tourism industry does contribute a lot of greenhouse gas emissions, it is also highly susceptible to the effects of climate change. These two contrasting problems are central to the issue of climate change with the carbon dioxide emissions of the travel and tourism sector accounting for between 4 and 6% of total emissions, yet “changing climate patterns might alter major tourism flows”. It is a thorny issue to tackle but at least there are people who are trying to make some change!