Reduction targets by 2030
Tui Group wants to make cruises climate-neutral
02/12/2023, 12:17 p.m
Those who want to travel can no longer avoid the environmental issue. The Tui travel group is also aware of this and wants to reduce its ecological footprint.
Europe’s largest travel group Tui wants to reduce its ecological footprint and has set itself binding reduction targets by 2030. They should apply to the airlines, hotels and cruise ship sectors, as the company announced. Cruises should then even be completely climate-neutral. Tui lists a number of measures, such as investments in modern aircraft and sustainable fuel, optimized flight routes, energy savings and local purchases for hotels.
The emissions at the Tui airlines are to fall by 24 percent by 2030 compared to the value of 2019 – the Tui airlines are responsible for around 80 percent of the group’s own emissions. The emissions of the group’s hotels are to be reduced by at least 46.2 percent compared to 2019 and those of the cruise lines by 27.5 percent.
“Do more than seems possible today”
As technological progress continues to develop, it is “an incentive for us to do more than seems possible today,” explained Tui boss Sebastian Ebel. The targets are therefore regularly reviewed and adjusted.
Tui wants to offer climate-neutral cruises by 2030 at the latest. TUI has not yet been able to provide any information on whether and to what extent travel costs for holidaymakers will increase as a result of the reduction targets.
In addition to air travel, cruises in particular are considered to be extremely harmful to the environment, as the Federal Environment Agency confirms. On the one hand they cause high greenhouse gas emissions compared to other modes of transport, on the other hand they usually cover very long distances.
A seven-day Mediterranean cruise, for example, produces around 1.9 tons of CO2 equivalents per person, whereby the flights to and from the ship usually have to be added, the Federal Environment Agency warns.