The coronavirus crisis might help snuff out carbon-heavy mass tourism and excessive air travel
Even before the lockdown, the travel industry was reeling from a year in which setbacks were heaped on challenges — so much so that it was already starting to look like the end of an era.
First came a rush of awareness about the urgency of climate change . Then numerous cities staged protests against overtourism, Thomas Cook collapsed, Venice flooded and the Australian bush burnt. And then came the virus.
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