Delhi’s Smog Collides With India’s Peak Tourism Season

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Air quality in northern India has sharply worsened as the winter pollution season begins, coinciding with a peak period for tourism. The article describes masks as a temporary response to recurring travel exposure and points to emissions as the underlying structural cause.

Air quality in northern India has plummeted as the so-called pollution season gets underway. It is now a regular feature of traveling to the region in winter. Masks have emerged as a solution — a Band-Aid to a structural problem fueled by emissions.