Author(s)

Z. TANG, N. ZHANG, C.B. SHI & K.X. BI

Abstract

The rapid development of China’s tourism industry has been accompanied by an increase in CO₂ emissions, while the tourism transport accounts for a major share of CO₂ emissions. The purpose of this paper is to inves- tigate the dynamic change of CO₂ emissions from tourism transport in Heilongjiang Province over the period 1978–2012. The results showed that the total CO₂ emissions of tourism transport rose from 13.1 × 104 t in 1978 to 224.17 × 104 t in 2012, following an average annual growth rate of 9.47%. Among four transport modes, highways transport represented the leading source of CO₂  emissions from tourism transport. CO₂  emissions from airways transport have increased dramatically and became the second largest contributor since 2003. Emissions from railway transport have remained relatively stable and that of waterways transport showed a decreased trend over the years.

Keywords

CO2 emission, Heilongjiang Province, tourism transport.