Hotel water consumption at a seasonal mass tourist destination. The case of the island of Mallorca

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2568-2579

  Deyà Tortella, Bartolomé ^a   Tirado, Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hotel management; Hotel water consumption; Mature coastal destination; Seasonality; Sustainable tourism; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES;

HOTEL MANAGEMENTS; HOTEL WATER CONSUMPTION; MALLORCA; MATURE COASTAL DESTINATION; SEASONALITY; SUSTAINABLE TOURISM; TOURIST DESTINATIONS; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER SCARCITY; WATERS RESOURCES;

HOTELS;

COASTAL ZONE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; POLICY MAKING; SEASONALITY; SMALL ISLAND STATE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; FLUID INTAKE; HOTEL WATER CONSUMPTION; HYDROLOGY; MODEL; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; TOURISM; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 79960839888     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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