Opponents of wind farms have long argued that the sight of turbines on the horizon damages tourism. If this sounds like nonsense, that’s because it is, according to a new study. This argument has actually succeeded in halting the construction of wind farms in the past, but a new study finds that 75 percent of tourists felt wind farms had a positive or neutral effect on landscape and that only a very small percentage suggested it would affect their decision to visit the area again. Another report by economic consultants shows that the number of jobs in “sustainable” tourism had even grown by more than 10 percent during the same period of time that the country’s onshore wind capacity grew from 2 gigawatts of capacity to 4.9GW.
One of the main arguments against windfarms has been proven false
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