Tourwix News 20.08.2021   1815

What effects does drought have on tourism activities?

Climate change and drought, which have been mentioned a lot in recent years, are one of the biggest dangers waiting for the tourism sector in the future.

What effects does drought have on tourism activities? We, as Tourwix Travel, have written certain articles for you, our valued readers, to inform you about all the factors that have influenced tourism activities in the past, influence them today or which we believe may influence them in the future.

What is climate change and drought?

With the understanding of modern society, the welfare level of individuals and societies increases day by day. As part of this chain, all authorities and service providers are divided into sectors and form societies. However, the increase in prosperity in society has run counter to natural flux and has been exaggerated, especially in recent centuries.

The daily needs of the individual living in a modern society, in particular heat, energy and transport, are met by nature as the population increases. In particular, since fossil fuels such as coal and oil are burned, it is impossible to recycle the residues from these sources, which creates major environmental problems.

For the above reasons, forest fires are happening, which are the order of the day in Turkey today, officially marking the summer months of 2021 and radically undermining tourism activities. Although the causes of the forest fires in Turkey are still being investigated, the main cause of the fires is believed to be drought. The uncontrolled increase in fossil fuel consumption and human use of fossil fuels are among the causes of global warming.

Global warming has had many precursors for years, such as climate change, seasonal shifts, weather conditions that contradict seasonal norms. People also play a major role as supporters of this situation. The greatest human impacts on nature are the destruction of forest areas by the human factor, the opening up of agricultural land for development, the lack of waste canals in settlements and the increase in uncontrolled urbanization and concretion.

What can climate change and drought do in tourism?

Global warming and climate change undoubtedly affect all sectors of the economy from the health sector to the industrial sector, from the industrial sector to the food sector.The tourism sector is a branch of the economy that is directly dependent on seasonal conditions, but it is also heavily affected by seasonal fluctuations.

As we all know, the tourism sector, which can also be destroyed by domestic and foreign policy, is a very fragile sector in this context. In addition, it is a branch of activity that is dependent on weather conditions such as precipitation, humidity, wind and temperature.

There are many different branches of tourism, these are mainly;

• • Vacation tourism
• Health tourism
• Golf tourism
• Trekking tourism
• Winter sports tourism
• Aviation tourism
• These are subtitles like highland tourism.

All of these sub-branches can be influenced by climatic conditions. Extremely high temperatures and droughts in recent years have made it difficult to carry out many tourist activities.

Especially in the summer months, when Turkey and the Mediterranean area are preferred, summer tourism, which is operated with the understanding of sun-sand-sea, loses demand due to excessive heat and humidity.

What should everyone do individually for global warming and climate change?

Global warming cannot be caused by a single person, nor can it be eliminated by a single person. Accordingly, we can personally only take the first steps towards building a conscious society.

Mainly:

• Renewable energies such as solar energy should be preferred to fossil fuels.
• Afforestation activities should be carried out consciously.
• The use of public transport such as trams, underground trains and city buses is to be increased.
• We can live up to our individual responsibility by strengthening environmental awareness, e. B. old vehicles should be withdrawn from the traffic and the fuel quality should be increased.

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