Air Travel and Holidays of the Future

Air Travel and Holidays of the FutureFor many people, long-distance travel is taken for granted, and flying makes destinations across the world accessible within hours.However, it is well known that holiday travel generates a substantial climate footprint, particularly for journeys to destinations outside Europe.At the same time, there is considerable potential to reduce this footprint by choosing closer destinations and low carbon transport modes such as night trains. How large are the emissions, really?Measuring the climate impact of aviation at the national level is challenging.However, it is clear that the climate impact of Swedes' air travel is greater than what traditional emissions statistics indicate, partly because these statistics only include emissions from fuel that is fuelled in Sweden.