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To improve the environmental performance of small and medium-sized accommodation enterprises, it is important to understand the factors and motivations that move managers to adopt more efficient technologies and ecologically responsible practices. A sample of 18 independent family-run hotels and cam...

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Published in:Pasos (Tenerife (Canary Islands)) 2020-01, Vol.18 (1), p.129
Main Authors: Llausàs, Albert, Cubino, Josep Padullés, Anna Ribas Palom
Format: Article
Language:English
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Water conservation
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Summary:To improve the environmental performance of small and medium-sized accommodation enterprises, it is important to understand the factors and motivations that move managers to adopt more efficient technologies and ecologically responsible practices. A sample of 18 independent family-run hotels and campsites were contacted in the mature tourist resort area of the Costa Brava (Spain). The research worked with a combination of surveys and semi-structured interviews directed at top managers. Saving water is revealed as a matter figuring low on the list of priorities of most managers, while competitive advantages and stakeholder pressures appear as less relevant drivers than is posited in most of the scientific literature. We conclude that addressing organizational factors holds more promise in terms of transformative power supporting water conservation than structural or technological changes.
ISSN:2529-959X
1695-7121
DOI:10.25145/j.pasos.2020.18.008