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Business travel is killing our planet. All the family vacations in the world can't compete with giant companies constantly shuttling thousands of employees all
by standardUser 7y ago
Business travel is killing our planet. All the family vacations in the world can't compete with giant companies constantly shuttling thousands of employees all around the globe to attend meetings and conferences.
- rayiner 7y agoYuppies hunting for “experiences” is killing the planet. Leisure travel dwarfs business travel: https://www.statista.com/statistics/207103/forecasted-number-of-domestic-trips-in-the-us https://www.statista.com/statistics/207103/forecasted-number....
- standardUser 7y agoYou're using US statistics for some reason. Yes, Americans fly a lot. They have to visit family in a giant country with terrible rail travel options. That's why "the holidays" are far and away the busiest travel months in the US. Those trips aren't for whatever yuppie experiences you seem to look down on, but mostly to visit mom and dad. I'd like to know how many air miles are used globally for business versus leisure. But the larger point is that business travel is mostly pointless. You can attend a meeting remotely. You can't hug your mother remotely, or sit on the beaches of Tulum remotely.
- likpok 7y agohttps://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/041315/how-much-revenue-airline-industry-comes-business-travelers-compared-leisure-travelers.asp https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/041315/how-much-rev... This appears to be global (but lacks a citation), and claims that business passengers are 12% of passengers.
- mayniac 7y agoLocked behind a paywall for me.