Can tourism ever be good for the climate?

This week, we’re off to Costa Rica, an eco-tourism hotspot in
collaboration with BBC’s The Travel Show.


Eco-tourism is big business - it’s forecasted to generate $103
billion annually by 2027. But how well do its green claims
actually stack up when it comes to the climate?


Presenter Qasa Alom visits the birthplace of Sea Turtle
conservation, goes on patrol with a ranger protecting the forest
from loggers and miners, and spots luxury tourist developments in
the terrain of the puma.


How big is tourism’s climate impact, and can this ever be
mitigated by its benefits?


Guests: Ralf Buckley, Director of the International Centre for
Ecotourism Research, and Research Director of the Climate
Response Program at Griffith University, Australia. Stefan
Gossling, Professor at the Linnaeus University School of Business
and Economics and Lund University's Department of Service
Management


If you have a question about climate change that you’d like us to
answer, or a comment – please email them to
theclimatequestion@bbc.com


Presenter: Qasa Alom Producers: Sophie Eastaugh for The Climate
Question and Jamie Hamilton for The Travel Show Researcher:
Octavia Woodward Series Producer: Simon Watts Editor: China
Collins Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell Production Coordinators:
Sophie Hill, Jacqui Johnson