地理学报 ›› 2011, Vol. 66 ›› Issue (2): 235-243.doi: 10.11821/xb201102009

• 区域与产业发展 • 上一篇    下一篇

中国旅游业能源消耗与CO2排放量的初步估算

石培华1,2, 吴普2   

  1. 1. 北京交通大学,北京100044;
    2. 中国旅游研究院, 北京100005
  • 收稿日期:2010-03-09 修回日期:2010-11-20 出版日期:2011-02-20 发布日期:2011-02-20
  • 通讯作者: 吴普, 助理研究员, 中国旅游研究院, 主要研究方向: 旅游气候、旅游规划与区域发展。 E-mail: pwu@cnta.gov.cn
  • 作者简介:石培华, 北京交通大学教授, 中国旅游研究院副院长。E-mail: phshi@cnta.gov.cn
  • 基金资助:

    国家旅游局重点项目(10TAAK007)

A Rough Estimation of Energy Consumption and CO2 Emission in Tourism Sector of China

SHI Peihua1,2, WU Pu2   

  1. 1. Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China;
    2. China Tourism Academy, Beijing 100005, China
  • Received:2010-03-09 Revised:2010-11-20 Online:2011-02-20 Published:2011-02-20
  • Supported by:

    The Key Project of China National Tourism Administration, No.10TAAK007

摘要: 随着旅游产业规模的不断壮大,旅游业对气候、环境的影响日益引起国际机构和社会各界 的关注。旅游业能源利用及二氧化碳排放是旅游对环境影响的重要驱动力之一,成为近5 年来 世界旅游研究的新兴热点。旅游产业特点决定了旅游业能源消耗和二氧化碳排放量的测算是 个世界性的难题。本文采用“自下而上”法,通过文献研究与数理统计方法,首次系统估算中国 旅游业能源消耗和二氧化碳排放量。结果表明,2008 年,中国旅游业消耗能源428.30 PJ,占中国 能源总消耗量的0.51%;排放二氧化碳51.34 Mt,占全国二氧化碳总排放量的0.86%。旅游业是 低耗能、低排放、低碳产业,是应对气候变化和节能减排的优势产业,应该成为低碳经济发展的 重要领域。

关键词: 旅游业, 能源消耗, CO2排放, 估算, 中国

Abstract: In 2009, a total of nearly 900 million international tourist arrivals were counted worldwide. A global activity of this scale can be assumed to have a substantial impact on the environment. In this contribution, five major aspects such as the change of LUCC and the use of energy and its associated impacts had been recognized. Recently, the impact of tourism on environment and climate attracts the attention of international organizations and societies in pace with rapid development of tourism industry. Energy consumption and CO2 emissions in tourism sector has become a hot topic of international tourism research in recent five years. The use of energy for tourism can be divided according to transport-related purposes (travel to, from and at the destination) and destination-related purposes excluding transports (accommodation, food, tourist activities, etc.). In addition, transports, accommodation and food are related to many other industries dependent on energy. Thus, the estimations of energy consumption and CO2 emissions in tourism sector have become a worldwide concern. Tourism in China grows rapidly, and the number of domestic tourists was 1902 million in 2009. Energy use and its impact on the environment increase synchronously with China's tourism. It is necessary to examine the relationship between energy use and CO2 emissions. In this article, a preliminary attempt was applied to estimate the energy consumption and CO2 emissions from China's tourism sector in 2008. Bottom-up approach, literature research and mathematical statistics technology were also adopted. According to the calculations, Chinese tourism-related may have consumed approximately 428.30 PJ of energy in 2008, or ahout 0.51% of the total energy consumptions in China. It is estimated that CO2 emissions from tourism sector amounted to 51.34 Mt, accounting for 0.86% of the Chinese total. The results show that tourism is the industry of low-carbon and the leading industry coping with global climate change, energy-saving and CO2 emission reduction. Based on this, the authors hold that tourism should become an important field in low-carbon economy.

Key words: tourism, energy consumption, CO2 emission, estimation