Mass tourism and water efficiency in the hotel industry: A case study
| Autor: | Anna Ribas, Xavier Garcia, Ariadna Gabarda-Mallorquí |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Espanya) |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Land use
Natural resource economics business.industry Strategy and Management 05 social sciences Environmental stressor 010501 environmental sciences Water efficiency Tourism -- Catalonia -- Costa Brava Aigua -- Consum -- Catalunya -- Costa Brava 01 natural sciences Hospitality industry Natural resource Water consumption -- Catalonia -- Costa Brava Water resources Turisme sostenible -- Catalunya -- Costa Brava Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management 0502 economics and business Business Turisme -- Catalunya -- Costa Brava 050212 sport leisure & tourism Tourism Water use Sustainable tourism -- Catalonia -- Costa Brava 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | © International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2017, vol. 61, p. 82-93 Articles publicats (D-G) DUGiDocs – Universitat de Girona instname |
| ISSN: | 2013-4126 |
| Popis: | Mass tourism, which has traditionally been associated with an unsustainable use of natural resources and intensive land use, is frequently identified as a major environmental stressor in coastal regions. Nonetheless, mass tourism resorts typically have a compact and vertical urban configuration and have been shown to make more efficient use of water resources than other low-density tourist destinations. This article investigates how the main variables identified by the literature as determinants of water consumption by hotels influences water efficiency in hotels in Lloret de Mar, a well-known mass tourism destination on the Costa Brava in Spain. The results of a generalized linear mixed model show that large, high-rise hotels that attract thousands of tourists annually also benefit from economies of scale in terms of water efficiency AcknowledgementsThis study was carried out with the financial support of theSpanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through theproject “Analysis of trends and resilience strategies in use andwater consumption in tourist areas: The case of the Costa Brava”(CSO2013-41262-P) |
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