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Will it be impossible for travelers to visit local Japan in 10 years? (4) Table of Contents 1: Correlation between accessible railway stations and the number of overnight stays 2: Making accessible railway stations after increasing the number of travelers 3: Reasons why foreign travelers do not travel to local areas 4: Positive impacts of using regional railways by foreign travelers 1: Correlation between accessible railway stations and the number of overnight stays There is a high correlation between the rate of steps eliminated at railway stations and rail travel. In prefectures where the rate of steps eliminated at railway stations is low, the share of rail travel is also low. In contrast, the share of rail travel is high when the rate of steps eliminated at railway stations is high. There is also a relationship whereby the share of overnight stays (the share of overnight visitors traveling for tourism purposes by prefecture, 2019) is lower when the rate of steps eliminated at railway stations is low. Rate of steps eliminated at stations by prefecture and share of the number of overnight stays by prefecture SOURCE: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan Tourism Agency read moreWill it be impossible for travelers to visit local Japan in 10 years? (4)

24Feb, 20232023年1月21日

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Comparison of CO2 emissions by mode of transport. Trade by air cargo is an exception

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Comparison of CO2 emissions by mode of transport. Trade by air cargo is an exception Table of Contents 1: CO2 Emissions per Unit Weight by Mode of Transportation 2: Export unit price and cost per means of transportation 3: CO2 Emissions per Passenger by Mode of Transportation 4: Summary 1: CO2 Emissions per Unit Weight by Mode of Transportation Over the past two months, we have made nine posts on Sustainable Travel, using a lot of data. This is our tenth post, so we will conclude our posts on “Sustainable Travel” once and for all. The last post is data on CO2 emissions per cargo and passenger for each mode of transportation. We hope that these data will encourage many people to think about transportation and checked baggage. In the “Sustainable Travel” series, we calculate CO2 emissions from checked baggage on airplanes by using data from “Guidelines for Measuring and Managing CO2 Emissions from Freight Transport Operations” by ECTA (EUROPEAN CHEMICAL TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION). Freight Transport Operations” of ECTA (The European Clean Trucking Alliance). The CO2 emissions intensity of cargo transported by airplanes (ton-kilometer) used in the calculations is 0.602 kgCO2/tkm. Source： ECTA According to ECTA data, theread moreComparison of CO2 emissions by mode of transport. Trade by air cargo is an exception

14Feb, 20232023年1月21日

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CO2 emissions from checked baggage exceed those of 156 countries

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CO2 emissions from checked baggage exceed those of 156 countries Table of Contents 1：Global CO2 Emissions from Checked Baggage 2：CO2 emission reduction effect without checked baggage 1：Global CO2 Emissions from Checked Baggage We have previously analyzed the reduction in CO2 emissions by not carrying checked baggage on airplanes to Japan. This time, we will analyze CO2 emissions from checked baggage in the global airline industry. According to “Project Drawdown,” CO2 emissions from the global aviation industry accounted for about 2.6% of global emissions in 2018. According to the World Bank, global CO2 emissions in 2018 were 34.29 billion tons (34.34 billion tons in 2019), which means that CO2 emissions from the aviation industry were 890 million tons in 2018. Note that according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), CO2 emissions from the aviation industry in 2019 were 910 million tons. According to IATA, the global air passenger transport distance (paid passenger kilometers) in 2019 was 8.68 trillion kilometers. Therefore, if all airplanes carried 20 kg of checked baggage by each passenger, 14.51 million tons of CO2 emissions would be from checked baggage. This is 0.3% of the global CO2 emissions of 34.34 billion tons in 2019. It isread moreCO2 emissions from checked baggage exceed those of 156 countries