NI Tourism should prepare for more expensive flights, says report

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Northern Ireland's tourism industry should prepare for a future in which climate change mitigation has made air travel more expensive, a report says.It says rising air travel costs "may limit affordability for external tourists". It added the sector will have to "mitigate against airplane dependency and the rise of carbon prices".The research states: "The dependency on air travel creates a high risk as carbon prices may continue to rise in the future, resulting in a reduction of airline demand.

"Northern Ireland will need to strike the balance between managing the risks associated with rising carbon prices and maintaining connectivity of airports between target tourist markets." Air travel is one of the most controversial areas of net-zero emissions policy: it will be difficult to run jet engines using less-polluting technologies and government's areThe research uses examples from other countries to suggest that any extra taxes should be used to fund climate and environmental projects.

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