1996 Volume 29 Pages 66-72
Global environmental issues such as global warming, acid rain and ozone layer depletion have been highlighted as threats to economic growth and even to the future of our species. Today, environmental cosiderations are also major concerns in air transport and toursim sector. Accordingly, this paper examines the environmental impacts of the air transportation sector and the actual coditions and issues of global envoirmental protection mainly from the point of economy system and business management. According to the economics analysis, it is required to change the social and economy system so as to make producers to bear “externalities”, the costs of environmental issues. The meaning of sustainable development is examined by the three types of definitions. Lastly, environmental management of airlines and the relationship between air transport and sustainable tourism are studied. For sustanable development of tourism as well as air transport, we should make a contribution to the preservation of ecological balance by all means including restructuring of economy system and business activities.
