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11 Sustainable Practices for River Cruises
River cruises are becoming increasingly popular, which creates many new opportunities as well as challenges along with it.
In Europe alone, 1.4 million passengers took a river cruise in 2018, a number that’s rising annually. The kind of growth that we’ve seen from cruise tourism has placed a large burden on the marine environment. As a result, we have generally seen a rise in the trend of customers demanding for more responsible and sustainable tourism. To meet the increasing demand for sustainable cruising options, river cruise companies are starting to think about their environmental impact while finding ways on how to reduce it.
In this blog, you’ll find a list of 11 suggested practices that we’ve compiled to help make river cruising more sustainable!
Leading by Example- Barcelona’s Plan for Climate Change
Despite recent news from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change regarding the course we are on if we do not reduce CO₂ emissions, we can look towards certain examples of inspiration for how we can mitigate climate change and live sustainable lives that will change our course for the better.
This week, we’ll take a look at Barcelona and the plans that the city council has put in place to reduce negative impacts on the environment!