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Understanding and Managing Tourists’ Freshwater Demand in Relation to Water Equity

van Dijk, Tjeerd Tobias LU and van Loon, Maarten (2019) MGTN59 20191
Department of Business Administration
Abstract
The problematization of water (in)equity concerning tourism has, as a result of the growing tourism industry and its demands, gained more attention in academic literature over the last few years. However, whereas current research primarily describes the supply side of the questions around water (in)equity, the underlying reasons for the tourists’ demand-side, remains a largely understudied topic. As a result, the research paper aimed to get an understanding of tourists’ water-consuming behavior by testing the applicability of general barriers toward pro-environmental behavior in the context of saving water in hotels. By utilizing a questionnaire, it was found that especially the lack of knowledge among tourists about water scarcity and... (More)
The problematization of water (in)equity concerning tourism has, as a result of the growing tourism industry and its demands, gained more attention in academic literature over the last few years. However, whereas current research primarily describes the supply side of the questions around water (in)equity, the underlying reasons for the tourists’ demand-side, remains a largely understudied topic. As a result, the research paper aimed to get an understanding of tourists’ water-consuming behavior by testing the applicability of general barriers toward pro-environmental behavior in the context of saving water in hotels. By utilizing a questionnaire, it was found that especially the lack of knowledge among tourists about water scarcity and equity forms one of the major barriers toward the pro-environmental behavior of saving water. However, water-saving signs appear to be a powerful mediator between awareness and action-taking. This finding, as well as the applicability of hedonism and tourists’ attitude toward water-saving in hotels, were used from an EMS-perspective to provide implications for (environmental) managers from hotels to minimize organizational impacts. (Less)
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author
van Dijk, Tjeerd Tobias LU and van Loon, Maarten
supervisor
organization
course
MGTN59 20191
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
EMS, pro-environmental behavior, water equity, environmental knowledge, hedonism, attitude, tourism, management, behavior
language
English
id
8989043
date added to LUP
2019-07-02 12:00:36
date last changed
2019-07-02 12:00:36
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  abstract     = {{The problematization of water (in)equity concerning tourism has, as a result of the growing tourism industry and its demands, gained more attention in academic literature over the last few years. However, whereas current research primarily describes the supply side of the questions around water (in)equity, the underlying reasons for the tourists’ demand-side, remains a largely understudied topic. As a result, the research paper aimed to get an understanding of tourists’ water-consuming behavior by testing the applicability of general barriers toward pro-environmental behavior in the context of saving water in hotels. By utilizing a questionnaire, it was found that especially the lack of knowledge among tourists about water scarcity and equity forms one of the major barriers toward the pro-environmental behavior of saving water. However, water-saving signs appear to be a powerful mediator between awareness and action-taking. This finding, as well as the applicability of hedonism and tourists’ attitude toward water-saving in hotels, were used from an EMS-perspective to provide implications for (environmental) managers from hotels to minimize organizational impacts.}},
  author       = {{van Dijk, Tjeerd Tobias and van Loon, Maarten}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Understanding and Managing Tourists’ Freshwater Demand in Relation to Water Equity}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}