Tourism water footprint: an empirical analysis of Mount HuangshanShow others and affiliations
2017 (English)In: Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, ISSN 1094-1665, E-ISSN 1741-6507, Vol. 22, no 10, p. 1083-1098Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Water is an important factor for the sustainable development of tourism. We constructed a comprehensive model of the tourism water footprint (TWF), including tourism sewage and water for management, and used the world heritage Mount Huangshan as an example. The results showed that the total TWF, which included green, blue and grey water of Mount Huangshan in 2012, was about 10.19 million m(3)/year, approximately per tourist 3.39m(3)/day or 3387L/day. Tourism sewage and food were the main factors of water consumption. The spatial transfer of TWF led the spillover of tourism environmental impact, not only affecting Mount Huangshan but the Huangshan City and even nationwide. Tourist flow and temperature had a highly significant positive correlation with the TWF. Quantifying the TWF can reflect the pressure of tourists on water resources, and provide an effective decision-making basis for rational use of water resources.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2017. Vol. 22, no 10, p. 1083-1098
Keywords [en]
Tourism water footprint, virtual water, tourism sewage, tourism food, spatial transfer, Mount Huangshan
National Category
Economics and Business
Research subject
Tourism
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-68151DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2017.1369134ISI: 000410849400007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85028775088OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-68151DiVA, id: diva2:1146290
2017-10-022017-10-022019-08-29Bibliographically approved