The environment bureau enb released a clean air plan for hong kong in march 20 to outline comprehensively the challenges hong kong is facing with regard to air quality and to give an overview of the relevant air quality improvement policies and measures. Air pollution is becoming a serious socioenvironmental problem in. Environmental protection department of hong kong 2016 air quality data. Its true tourism is causing a lot of pollution at tourist places. Hong kong has only 5% of the land of the pearl river delta, but it creates 20% of its pollution, far more than its neighbouring cities of shenzhen and guangzhou. Sometimes the pollution level can be so high tat can may instant effects on our heart and respiratory system.
Air pollution in hong kong is certainly a major cause of health problems such as respiratory diseases and asthma. The rights and freedoms of hong kong people and others living here are founded on the impartial rule of law, an independent judiciary, a comprehensive system of legal aid, and a free and active press. Your source for credible news and authoritative insights from hong kong, china and the world. Air pollution is increasingly documented as a threat to public health in most developing countries. The spillover effects of tourism receipts, political risk, real exchange rate, and trade. Negative impacts may include crowding, traffic congestion, and environmental pollution andereck. Air pollution in hong kong posing serious health risk to. Hong kong has been facing two air pollution issues. Air pollution is becoming a serious socioenvironmental problem in many modern societies and poses significant economic threats to popular tourism destinations. Concentrations of harmful pollutants in the air of hong kong hav e increased stemming from guangdongs economic activities and roadvehicle emissions.
For example, in hong kong, due to the economic crisis i 1997, the number. As per the clean air network, 53% of hong kongs pollution comes from local sources power stations, idling engines of cars, trucks and buses and marine emissions. Design age stratified time series analysis of daily mortality with poisson regression models adjusted for the effects of temperature, humidity, day of week, respiratory epidemics, and secular mortality trends, applied to an intervention and control community. Despite the considerable literature regarding the impacts of tourism, a limited. A study of the perception of international visitors. The economic consequences of outdoor air pollution en oecd. Manual screening of the abstract titles and the abstracts of the 357 records. The case of hong kong with the increasing concern of hong kongs poor air quality and its impact on hong kongs competitiveness as a travel.
The relationship between the actual level of air pollution. How does air pollution affect the hong kong people and. Air pollution is a growing concern in hong kong especially when around 72% of vehicles in hong kong run on diesel. Some of these impacts are quite specific to tourist activities. Hi everyone, anyone can help me, i am trying to arrange my itinerary per day. Epas role in the international maritime organization imo. Very easy to set up, they only require a wifi access point and a usb power supply. Air pollution from tourist transportation has impacts on the global level, especially from carbon dioxide co2 emissions related to transportation energy use.
The case of hong kong with the increasing concern of hong kongs poor air quality and its impact on. For example, hong kongs air pollution problem as a factor discourages tourists to come to hong kong. A clean air plan for hong kong tackling roadside air pollution reducing marine emissions cutting emissions from power plants cooperation with the mainland background. It creates all types of pollution like sound, soil, environment and air also. This further illustrates that individuals lookup the pollution level before embarking on travel, and this often impacts their decision to go to china or not. According to the world health organization who, 91% of the worlds population lives in areas where air pollution exceeds the safety limits. As for mainland visitors to hong kong, the individual visit. Pollution levels generally vary from medium to high, although the biggest problems are at roadside levels in builtup areas like causeway bay, central, and mongkok. Globally more people now live in cities than in rural areas, and the number of city dwellers is climbing. Using transboundary pollution from mainland china as an instrument, we show that air pollution leads to higher cardiorespiratory mortality in hong kong. Hong kong has a wellestablished and trusted legal system based on the common law. Reducing air and noise pollution in cities international. The international maritime organization imo promotes cooperation between governments in the regulation of shipping engaged in international trade and encourages the adoption of the highest practicable standards concerning maritime safety, efficiency of navigation, and prevention and control of marine pollution from ships. Air pollution control strategies environmental protection.
An exploratory study of volunteer motivation at conferences. Dirty air hurts quality of life, recruitment of professionals, tourism, and other desiderataincluding government legitimacy. Objective to assess the effect of reductions in air pollution from biomass smoke on daily mortality. Pollution research workers including chemists, toxicologists, environmentalists, conservationists, botanists, marine scientists, ecologists, biologists. The gaia air quality monitoring stations are using hightech laser particle sensors to measure in realtime pm2. Once connected, air pollution levels are reported instantaneously and in realtime on our. Concentration of harmful ozone gas, which is cause of the most serious health risk air quality days in the city, highest in pearl river delta region since 2011. Air pollution negatively affects both humans daily life, such as emotional and physical health, and sustainable economic growth, such as labor productivity and tourism e.
Visible air pollution on the buriganga river at sadarghat in dhaka, bangladesh. Government in hong kong uses api air pollution index to see the air pollution level in hong kong. Perceived pollution and inbound tourism in china sciencedirect. Aug 31, 2018 the 17 effects of pollution on tourism, pollution is around us, every day and every time we see and feel it. This section sets out the strategies of the hong kong sar government hksarg for tackling air pollution problems. The impacts of different air pollutants on domestic and. The effects of pollution on tourism could affect all the habitat both on land and the ocean. Weve all talked about it, weve all looked out of our windows and seen the pollution lingering in the air, and we all know the affects that poor air quality has on health. Evaluation of interventions to reduce air pollution.
Many people believe that the poor air quality may also lead to economic impact. How does tourism cause pollution at tourist destinations. Once connected, air pollution levels are reported instantaneously and in realtime on our maps. The centre for research on energy and clean air reported that methods to contain the spread of coronavirus, such as quarantines and travel bans, resulted in.
Aside from demands for full democracy, hong kong pollution has become the citys hotbutton issue. Reducing air pollution can reduce both climate change and covid19 risks but it is not yet clear which types of air pollution if any are common risks to both climate change and covid19. The university of hong kong conducted a study which showed that pollutants in the hong kong air were three times higher than new york and double that of london. Hong kong is allowed to forge external relations in certain areasincluding trade, communications, tourism, and culturebut beijing maintains control over the regions diplomacy and defense. And it can contribute to severe local air pollution. Oct 02, 2018 air pollution levels in your street revealed with new hong kong app praisehk the data analysed came from air quality and meteorological modelling, emissions inventories and 150 types of. Apr 29, 20 the air quality in hong kong is an issue that is widely discussed and it features in the press with a regularity that means it cannot be ignored. But no one knows how the harmful of the pollution it is. The world bank estimates the total cost of air and water pollution is equivalent to 6% of chinese gdp each year. European environment agency 2016 airbase the european air quality database and air quality ereporting. Hong kong university of science and technology, email.
Developing an instrument for assessing the health and economic. Over the past decade, the number of local people hospitalized due to respiratory diseases has surged by 40% to 192 400 in 2017, along with a 37% rise in the deaths caused by such diseases. Despite the fact that greater emphasis is placed on tackling air pollution including the. International comparison of urban air quality canada. Toxic cloud hangs over city as new territories record highest levels of pollution. It may also demotivate tourists to travel to hong kong. Air pollution is killing 1 million people and costing chinese. Air quality and air pollution in hong kong semantic scholar. Air pollution making nhs winter crisis worse, doctors tell pm. Its something you need to be aware of whether youre moving to. Pollution in the ocean at least 90 percents cause by tourism. Democracy in hong kong council on foreign relations. Pdf tourists and air pollution how and why air pollution.
Tourism impacts on the quality of life in hong kong. Air pollution is created by hundreds of thousands of motor vehicles on land and water. Air pollution in hong kong has tarnished its international image and tourism industry. Estimating the impact of air pollution on inbound tourism in china.
Table 3 indicates that perceived pollution has a significant lagged negative impact on foreign, hong kong and total inbound tourism, specifically, at the fivemonth lag. The vast majority are extremely old and burn fuel inefficiently. Hong kong air pollution has become a critical problem in the city. Its affecting resident health, causing expats to abandon ship for singapore and often sinking the city into a haze of smog reminiscent of victorian london. But if the economic crisis or holiday shopping season has left your wallet feeling a little lighter than usual, let us suggest the everpopular pollution stayvacation, where you can enjoy some truly poor air quality without ever leaving hong kong.
Evaluation of current air quality levels, regulatory standards and scientific literature on outdoor and indoor air pollution, and health effects are important to identify the burden, develop and implement interventions and to fill knowledge gaps in sri lanka. Cheung and law 22 surveyed the impacts of air quality on tourism in hong kong and found that asian tourists appear to be more conscious of air quality than western visitors, in contrast to the. By matt burdett, 31 december 2019 on this page, we look at air pollution patterns and its management. Environment and climate change canada 2016 national air pollution surveillance program. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the economic consequences of outdoor air pollution in the coming decades, focusing on the impacts on mortality, morbidity, and changes in crop yields as caused by high concentrations of pollutants. Business school, hong kong university of science and technology, kowloon, hong kong. Despite the documented consequences of air pollution on tourism demand, studies have seldom examined its impact on individuals psychological states, especially in the tourism context.
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