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Decarbonising travel: The future of sustainable transport and its impact on mass tourism

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  • Michal Apollo and Anna HughesChaired by Prof. Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar, convened by Prof. Eugenia Wickens

This webinar compares ways to cut transport emissions while keeping tourism accessible and supporting destinations that depend on visitors.

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Speaker update, 21 October 2026: Michal Apollo is confirmed as the academic speaker. Anna Hughes, Director of Flight Free UK, has accepted the contribution from practice. Chair: Prof. Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar.
Mass tourism depends on accessible and affordable transport, yet transport accounts for a substantial share of tourism-related greenhouse gas emissions. This webinar compares pathways for decarbonisation across aviation, rail, maritime travel and road transport. It examines technological efficiency, electrification, alternative fuels, operational improvement and measures that influence demand. The analysis will distinguish reductions in emissions per passenger from absolute reductions across the transport system, since growth in travel can outweigh gains achieved through more efficient vehicles or operations.
Panellists will debate the technical readiness, infrastructure requirements and likely timescales associated with competing strategies. The discussion will consider carbon pricing, taxation, public investment, service regulation and integrated transport planning. It will also examine the position of island states, remote regions and communities whose economies depend heavily on long-distance arrivals. Equity will remain central, including the distribution of transition costs among frequent travellers, occasional travellers, workers, businesses and residents with limited alternatives to existing modes of transport.
Participants will gain a framework for comparing transport strategies according to their carbon reduction potential, feasibility, public cost and social consequences. They will learn to question assumptions about future demand, fuel availability and the pace of fleet replacement. The session will also consider how policy packages can combine technology with modal shift and more deliberate management of travel volumes. This approach will enable delegates to evaluate whether a proposed pathway supports a fair transition or postpones difficult decisions through optimistic projections. This enables transport policy to reflect both climate evidence and destination realities.

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  2. Come back on the dayThe room opens at 08:50 on Friday 6 November. We email you reminders with the Join button 24 hours and 1 hour before.
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Michal Apollo

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Anna Hughes

Flight Free UK

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Decarbonising travel: The future of sustainable transport and its impact on mass tourism

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This webinar compares ways to cut transport emissions while keeping tourism accessible and supporting destinations that depend on visitors.

  • 09:00–09:55 UK time
  • Online, on Zoom, inside Scholardemia · 55 minutesRegister, then join on this page from 08:50. How to join
  • Michal Apollo and Anna HughesChaired by Prof. Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar, convened by Prof. Eugenia Wickens

About this webinar

Speaker update, 21 October 2026: Michal Apollo is confirmed as the academic speaker. Anna Hughes, Director of Flight Free UK, has accepted the contribution from practice. Chair: Prof. Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar.
Mass tourism depends on accessible and affordable transport, yet transport accounts for a substantial share of tourism-related greenhouse gas emissions. This webinar compares pathways for decarbonisation across aviation, rail, maritime travel and road transport. It examines technological efficiency, electrification, alternative fuels, operational improvement and measures that influence demand. The analysis will distinguish reductions in emissions per passenger from absolute reductions across the transport system, since growth in travel can outweigh gains achieved through more efficient vehicles or operations.
Panellists will debate the technical readiness, infrastructure requirements and likely timescales associated with competing strategies. The discussion will consider carbon pricing, taxation, public investment, service regulation and integrated transport planning. It will also examine the position of island states, remote regions and communities whose economies depend heavily on long-distance arrivals. Equity will remain central, including the distribution of transition costs among frequent travellers, occasional travellers, workers, businesses and residents with limited alternatives to existing modes of transport.
Participants will gain a framework for comparing transport strategies according to their carbon reduction potential, feasibility, public cost and social consequences. They will learn to question assumptions about future demand, fuel availability and the pace of fleet replacement. The session will also consider how policy packages can combine technology with modal shift and more deliberate management of travel volumes. This approach will enable delegates to evaluate whether a proposed pathway supports a fair transition or postpones difficult decisions through optimistic projections. This enables transport policy to reflect both climate evidence and destination realities.

How to join

This webinar runs on Zoom. You join it here on Scholardemia, where the meeting opens inside the page with the chat, questions and polls beside it. You do not need a Zoom account or a Zoom link.

  1. RegisterFree, with your Scholardemia account.
  2. Come back on the dayThe room opens at 08:50 on Friday 6 November. We email you reminders with the Join button 24 hours and 1 hour before.
  3. Press JoinSign in with the same account. The meeting opens here, with questions, polls and the group chat beside it.

Use an up-to-date Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox. Allow sound when your browser asks, and use headphones if you can.

Speakers, chair and convenor

Prof. Michal Apollo

Presenter

University of Silesia in Katowice

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Anna Hughes

Presenter

Flight Free UK

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Prof. Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar

Chair

Indian Institute of Management, Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh, India

India

Prof. Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar chairs this event and is affiliated with Indian Institute of Management, Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh, India.

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Prof. Eugenia Wickens

Convenor

OTS Academy

United Kingdom

Professor Eugenia Wickens edits the Journal On Tourism & Sustainability (JOTS) and the Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education (JTHE), and chairs Scholardemia webinar sessions. Her research covers tourist experience and typologies, tourism routes and rural development, volunteer tourism, and event and cultural tourism. Formerly Reader in Tourism at Buckinghamshire New University, she has helped plan tourism education in Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Serbia, Greece, Ireland and Turkey.

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Prof. Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar

Chair

Indian Institute of Management, Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh, India

India

Prof. Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar chairs this event and is affiliated with Indian Institute of Management, Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh, India.

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Prof. Eugenia Wickens

Convenor

OTS Academy

United Kingdom

Professor Eugenia Wickens edits the Journal On Tourism & Sustainability (JOTS) and the Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education (JTHE), and chairs Scholardemia webinar sessions. Her research covers tourist experience and typologies, tourism routes and rural development, volunteer tourism, and event and cultural tourism. Formerly Reader in Tourism at Buckinghamshire New University, she has helped plan tourism education in Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Serbia, Greece, Ireland and Turkey.

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  • Rail travel and destination access. Illustrative photograph — Sara Groblechner / Unsplash.

  • Efficiency and growing travel volumes — AI-generated editorial illustration.

  • The infrastructure behind electrification — AI-generated editorial illustration.

  • A fair transition for island communities — AI-generated editorial illustration.

  • Comparing transport pathways and public priorities — AI-generated editorial illustration.

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