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Project Goal: Enhance R+D+I in sustainable aquaponics production suited to the specificities of the region, and to create a multidisciplinary network that promote primary sustainable production, bioresource revaluation, biotechnology, circular economy and education in those areas.
Current Stage: Creation of a permanent islands multidisciplinary network in Circular Economy. Current situation of the tourism sector towards circular economy analysed. Tourist and residents attitude and behaviour analysed.
This work aims to analyse the attitude towards circular economy (CE) and the environmental behaviour and circular practices among tourists of a well-known mature sun and beach destination. The study was conducted on a sample of tourists who visited Gran Canaria and stayed at a hotel establishment. Findings show that: (a) Older tourists have a higher pro-environmental or circular attitude in hotel establishments than younger ones; (b) most tourists are willing to pay more for environmentally friendly or green hotels and this is related to socio-demographic variables; (c) the majority of tourists believe that it is important for the hotel to have an energy-saving policy; (d) tourists’ attitude towards circular practices varies according to socio-economic profile; (e) the most common sustainable hotel practices carried out by tourists are the use of recycling bins and reusable towel and linen schemes; (f) women report a higher circular behaviour than men; and (g) 86.5% of tourists carry out the same CE practices on holidays as in their place of residence. Study findings could be useful to design the transition from a linear model to a circular model in the hotel industry of a destination as it identifies the areas that the industry must promote to reach this transition.
Carlos Rodríguez; Marta Jacob; Carmen Florido. Socioeconomic Profile of Tourists with a Greater Circular Attitude and Behaviour in Hotels of a Sun and Beach Destination. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 9392 .
AMA StyleCarlos Rodríguez, Marta Jacob, Carmen Florido. Socioeconomic Profile of Tourists with a Greater Circular Attitude and Behaviour in Hotels of a Sun and Beach Destination. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (24):9392.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarlos Rodríguez; Marta Jacob; Carmen Florido. 2020. "Socioeconomic Profile of Tourists with a Greater Circular Attitude and Behaviour in Hotels of a Sun and Beach Destination." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 24: 9392.
Economic activity today is still based on a linear model of production and consumption: extract/produce and consume/throw, which exhausts natural resources and generates waste. The current linear economy does not optimize materials nor favour their recycling, reuse or recovery. Hence, the concept of Circular Economy (CE) has received increasing attention between policymakers and stakeholders worldwide. However, the literature on CE was mainly developed for the manufacturing sector, and only a few references are found on the tourism sector even though it is a sector where huge consumption of energy and water, food waste, congestion problems and CO2 emissions take place. This work aims to evaluate the importance of tourism in the CE literature and to identify current research trends and possible gaps in the literature on CE and tourism. In order to identify papers for this, the authors carried out a literature review of papers in the social science citation index (Web of Science) and Scopus. The keywords used are related to the tourism sector and CE, and the last search was made at the end of January 2020. Only papers published in English have been considered in the sample, which totals to 55 articles. Each contribution is analysed and, according to its content, classified into eight streams; then, the paper identifies two knowledge areas in tourism that this scientific production covers and the areas with lack of knowledge generated. Findings show that more research is needed about tourism’s intersection with CE in order to generate possible solutions towards a more sustainable tourism industry.
Carlos Rodríguez; Carmen Florido; Marta Jacob. Circular Economy Contributions to the Tourism Sector: A Critical Literature Review. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4338 .
AMA StyleCarlos Rodríguez, Carmen Florido, Marta Jacob. Circular Economy Contributions to the Tourism Sector: A Critical Literature Review. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (11):4338.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarlos Rodríguez; Carmen Florido; Marta Jacob. 2020. "Circular Economy Contributions to the Tourism Sector: A Critical Literature Review." Sustainability 12, no. 11: 4338.