DutchNews, April 12, 2016
A Fokker 70 takes off from Schiphol airport. Photo jvanderwolf via Depositphotos |
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travel firms are to start informing holidaymakers how much environmental damage
their trip is doing by listing ‘holiday footprints’ in brochures and on
websites, travel sector organisation ANVR says in Tuesday’s Volkskrant.
‘We aim
to eventually allow consumers to calculate their own holiday footprint via an
app or website,’ ANVR spokesman Gerben Hardeman told the paper. ‘We are still a
long way off that. But we are now working with a group of travel firms to
determine how we can best inform consumers about what we know already.’
By
helping consumers to realise the impact of their holiday on the environment,
holidaymakers can ‘make a responsible choice’, he said.
Currently, airline passengers
can pay extra to offset the cost to the climate of their journey. The amounts
vary from €10 to €100, depending on the way the potential damage is calculated
by different airlines.
The system used by the ANVR has been developed by
researchers at several hbo colleges and 10 travel firms. It is based on
confidential information from airline manufacturers, airlines themselves and
the hotel website Booking.com.
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