Muscat: The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism (MHT) has invited partners and stakeholders in the tourism sector to support the initiatives launched by the Ministry of Transport and Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT) to switch to environmentally friendly electric vehicles (EV).
The Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology (MTCIT) has launched a special program to reduce carbon emissions in the transportation sector and communications, and information technology sectors, which are responsible for nearly 20 percent of the total carbon emissions in the Sultanate of Oman.
The ministry divided its plan for zero carbon neutrality into three stages - the first stage (reducing emissions by three percent by 2030), the second stage (reducing emissions by 34 percent by 2040), and the third stage (reducing emissions by 100 percent by 2050).
In the first stage, the ministry seeks to reach 7,000 electric cars, or 35 percent of the new light vehicles, and reduce emissions by 40 percent from heavy equipment using dual combustion technology, which was developed locally by 100 percent, in addition to the use of biofuels in public transport.
A study published by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), UNEP, and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 2008 indicated that Travel and tourism-associated greenhouse gas emissions were estimated to be around 5% (1304 Mt) of global emissions in 2005.
This figure included the emissions of three industries, namely transportation, accommodation, and other Travel and tourism activities, with transport generating 75% and
accommodations generating 21% of the overall emissions of the sector. In addition, transport-related GHG emissions.
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