Sustainable travel by reducing luggage
Sustainable travel by reducing luggage Table of Contents 1: Introduction 2: Awareness of the importance of sustainable travel grow 3: Carbon dioxide emissions by air travel 4: Carbon dioxide emission reductions by reducing luggage 1: Introduction As interest in climate change has grown over the years, so has an interest in sustainable travel. Environmental activist Greta Thunberg’s (Sweden) activities have even given rise to the term ‘Flight Shame’. As Japan is an island nation, 99.4% of foreign visitors to Japan enter and leave the country by plane with heavy luggage (source: 2019 Survey of Foreign Visitor Spending Trends in Japan). For those from neighboring countries such as South Korea, coming to Japan by ship is also an option, but it is impossible to require all foreign travelers to come to Japan by anything other than air. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism, the carbon dioxide emissions per person traveling 1km (in 2019) are 98g for air (75% of the car emissions), 57g (44%) for buses, and 17g (13%) for trains, compared to 130g for cars. Therefore, flying into Japan and traveling around Japan in a rented car is the worst way of traveling in terms of