Can we still travel without feeling guilty?

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By: Anne-Cécile Bras Follow

Pollution, disfigured landscapes, massive infrastructure, airplanes ... mass tourism, which reached records in 2019 with 1.4 billion travelers according to the World Organization, has a colossal environmental impact. A rapidly expanding sector before the Covid, it is today the subject of massive recovery plans. Is this compatible with the necessary ecological transition?

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Guests:
- Rodolphe Christin , author of The real life is here, still traveling ? published by Ecosociété
- Sébastien Porte , author of The last plane, how air traffic destroys the environment at Tana Éditions
- Caroline Krauze , creator of the Travel Family media
- Geoffroy Mauvais , coordinator of the Africa Protected Areas program & conservation of IUCN.

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