Evidence of the water-energy nexus in tourist accommodation

摘要: The water-energy nexus is critical to solving multiple resource challenges simultaneously, but has rarely been considered in tourism, despite evidence that tourism can be both energy and water intensive. A database of 876 environmentally certified hotels globally was used explore the use, savings achievements existence different nexuses. . Differentiated by accommodation type (vacation, business, villas), research established robust benchmarks for (175–420 MJ per guest-night), (358–1338 L guest-night) waste (2.1–2.9 found annual improvements intensity are order several percent, with first years being a certification program yielding largest reductions. Absolute decreases use over time could not observed, raising concerns efficiency gains outweighed growth. relationship between all three indicators significant, particularly pronounced nexus, indicating intrinsically close ‘water energy’ ‘energy water’. main contribution this provide an important knowledge basis harnessing nexus. Taking approach step towards achieving only relative also absolute