See and destroy
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The UK's most popular tourist attractions are enjoying considerable economic success but are also suffering increasing environmental damage. Tourism is the country's fourth biggest industry, attracting 25 million people who spent around 36 billion pounds sterling in 1996 alone. However, its very success is threatening its long term prospects as tourist destinations show increasing signs of wear and tear. For example, both Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks can no longer accommodate all the leisure activities that visitors want to hold there because these frequently conflict with each other. The Tower of London, the Palace of Westminster, Stonehenge and other popular sites are also plagued by common tourism-related problems such traffic and pollution. Authorities are proposing a number of measures to make tourism more sustainable, including imposing speed restrictions and discouraging 'fleeting' visitors.
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 1997
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It's a lot of hot air
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A new commodities market for the exchange of emissions quotas has been spawned by the 1997 Kyoto Earth Summit. Countries attending the summit pledged to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by an average of 7% on 1990 levels. However, in response to complaints from the US, Canada and Japan that these cuts would hinder economic growth, the summit also sanctioned the trading of emissions quotas, meaning that countries may acquire or sell proportions of unused quotas. Supporters claim that emissions trading places a significant value on endangered ecosystems and encourages polluters to reduce their emissions to be able to sell their previous outputs. However, critics believe that emissions trading provides the world's biggest and wealthiest polluters the means to avoid reducing emissions.
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 1998
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