One has to wonder if CNBC’s Helen Zhao really thought about this ahead of time
3 ‘last chance’ destinations drawing travelers worried about climate change
Some bucket-list trips may be more about anticipating the destination’s demise than yours.
Certain countries susceptible to climate change have seen a spike in travel interest over the past year, according to a new report from travel insurance comparison web site Squaremouth. People may be advancing their plans to see these places in all their current glory, they note.
The report is based on data Squaremouth collects when people input their destination and trip costs into the site to compare policies.
For example, interest in the Maldives — an island chain southwest of India that is fighting rising sea levels — jumped 68 percent from 2016 to 2017. In comparison, Squaremouth’s 20 most-traveled destinations saw an average increase of 15 percent in the same time period.
Nothing says “I totally believe in anthropogenic climate change which is mostly caused by fossil fuels and I’m Very Concerned” like taking long fossil fueled trips, eh?
Along with the Maldives, Australia has increased 25%, because people want to see the Great Barrier Reef before it bleaches out or something like that, because corals, which have dealt with much warmer seas (and higher sea levels) are super threatened (on Warmist computer models).
And then there’s Antarctica, up 17%. Talk about taking long fossil fueled trips to the ends of the Earth. Climahypocrisy lives.
In 1988 the UN predicted that the Maldives would be under water in 30 years. So this year be the last chance to visit before the thousand islands disappear.
But wait, the islands are still there, even growing in size, and they are investing in growth.
The Maldives have that new airport going online this year so they’ll be able to handle more tourists. Go there now! They plan to increase tourists from 1.3M per year to 7M per year.
https://centreforaviation.com/news/republic-of-maldives-flights-will-land-in-kulhudhuffushi-airport-before-the-end-of-august-next-year-737915
In 1988 the UN predicted that the Maldives would be under water in 30 years. So this year be the last chance to visit.