A. Introduction
As one of the world’s largest and most growing industry, tourism has lots of economic and social advantages associated with it. In many countries, tourism has helped in the all-round economic development, and has also helped sustain the local ecosystem by providing means of livelihood and business to locals. However, these benefits come at a certain cost associated with negative impacts on the ecosystem such as:
• Exploitation and degradation of natural resources when the level of tourism exceeds the amount that can be sustained.
• Associated noise, water and air pollution leading to disturbances in the natural environment.
• Loss in Biodiversity which results from overbuilding and encroachment.
The two areas associated with
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In addition to these two, there are other long term benefits associated with going green such as
• Gaining a competitive advantage in the hotel industry where similar hotels exist and they have larger impact on environment
• Increasing customer loyalty in the long run where customers too want to be a part of system that is contributing towards environment
• A feel good factor is created for employees which in turn helps at employee retention in long run
• Following sustainable practices help maintain better community relations and recognition among people and stakeholders
• A better control over fulfilling regulatory compliances and development of better risk management systems, etc.
• Finally all these accumulate towards building a better and strong brand name for Hotel.
D. Understanding the positive impacts of Green Hotels through Best Practices.
Here we will try to understand the role that Green Hotels play towards creating a system of sustainable tourism by analysing some of the best practices across Green Hotels and in turn understanding the positive impacts of following these practices on the
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Hotels which are located in the natural habitats of these flora and fauna have this added responsibility of protecting the environment against any possible damage and losses. Green hotels are coming up with some good ways to protect the local flora and fauna. For example, some hotels have started planting native plants and trees and thus helping in the protection of flora at a local level. Developing small organic farms are also helping Green Hotels to achieve their sustainability goals in many
Impacts of Tourism in Swanage Tourism has the potential to create impacts on the environment and communities that it relies on to accommodate visitors. Its impacts are mitigated by the long history of tourism activity. Communities have become used to tourism activity, and management measures to limit some areas of environmental damage have been implemented. Nevertheless, some impacts are far ranging, and they are set out below: * Inappropriate Development An increase in visitors can lead to pressure for new developments to serve and capitilise on their needs, eg. Caravan parks, visitor centres, cafes, signs, car parks, and additional accommodation.
Tourism impacts can be generally classified into seven categories with each having both positive and negative impacts. These impacts include; economic, environmental, social and cultural, crowding and congestion, taxes, and community attitude. It is essential for a balance on array of impacts that may either positively or negatively affect the resident communities. Different groups are concerned about different tourism impacts that affect them in one way or another. Tourism’s benefits can be increased by use of specific plans and actions. These can also lead to decrease in the gravity of negative impacts. Communities will not experience every impact but instead this will depend on particular natural resources, development, or spatial patterns (Glen 1999).
One of the key elements of tourism is the quality of the environment, both natural and man-made. Tourism however, can have a negative effect on the environment due to people not caring for the environment because it is not an area where they normally reside, so they do not consider what long-term effects that their temporary actions may have. Tourism that is not regulated or controlled can lead to negative environmental impacts on air, water, soil, vegetation, and wildlife quality and sustainability.
The Choice hotel website is full of bright colors that attracts the customers to the Different sections. Thus, the provided information for the company 's green initiatives pop amongst the rest of the information under the corporate responsibility section. However, only people who care about the issue of sustainability will be able to understand the desired goals of the green initiatives of the choice hotels. Therefore, the Choice
Happy employees motivate other employees , adds up to the positive climate of the organization
This paper will discuss the five environmental factors that influence global and domestic marketing decisions that organizations must make. These five environmental factors are technology, demographics, government, culture and economics. Companies are affected differently by these factors depending on the industry they are in and the size of the organization. I will be using the Washington Plaza Hotel to illustrate how these environmental factors affect the hotel industry's marketing decisions. The Washington Plaza Hotel is a hospitality business located in Washington, DC. They offer services such as lodging, restaurant, bar, catering and meeting space rental. The Washington Plaza Hotel's major customer base is government, tourist, non-profit organizations, local businesses and some corporate clientele. Let's now take a look at how these environmental factors affect the marketing of the hotel.
Resort destinations can be wonderful places to relax and get away from the stressors of everyday life, however, resorts can also cause major degradation to the environment if environmental planning is not considered in a resorts decision-making process. Hotel Punta Islita Luxury Resort in Costa Rica, a well-known eco-friendly hotel shown in Figure 1, puts in a significant amount of effort ensure that their premises are run in a sustainable way. Punta Islita opened in 1994, and immediately became a leader in sustainability, contributing most of its earnings into the local area and supporting wildlife programs that help protect sea turtle eggs (The Lodge, 2018). Figure 1. Hotel Punta Islita Luxury Resort overlooking beautiful scenery.
There are 7 major environmental trends that affect the design of hotels around the world. The first is the competitive environment; a company needs to satisfy the needs, and wants of consumers better than its competitors do in order to survive. Hotels need to be designed so they are more appealing than competitors. Second is the demographic environment, or the people environment. The target of all hotels, the design is to appeal to customers. Third, the economic environment; economic trends in income and changing consumer patterns change the way marketing is used. Adjusting prices of hotel rooms is a huge variable in making profits. Attention to the natural environment is also important, this includes the use of natural resources. Fifth, the technological trends; one of the most important trends in the 21st century. Sixth, the political environment, follows the laws and regulations set by the government; making sure all rules in the design process as far as warrants and inspections needed are followed. Lastly are cultural trends, they affect society's values, perceptions, preferences, and behaviors. Beware of current trends, change hotels according to these
Hotel Verde was created by Marco Delicio and his family as a flagship model to show that luxury and sustainability can work as one. The focus was to fight “green washing through legitimate interventions, education and honest and transparent communication”, while creating an innovative model that shows sustainability can be profitable.
UNEP, ‘Leakage’ 2013. Negative Economic Impacts of Tourism: Leakage. [online] Available at: http://www.unep.org/resourceefficiency/Business/SectoralActivities/Tourism/FactsandFiguresaboutTourism/ImpactsofTourism/EconomicImpactsofTourism/NegativeEconomicImpactsofTourism/tabid/78784/Default.aspx [Accessed: 10 Nov 2013].
We talked about the first type which is the economic effect on the local community and the second type that is the social effect on the host community. In this part of our essay we will represent the last kind of effect on the local community by tourism. It is the environment effect on the local community. Tourism has positive and negative aspects in term of its impact on the host community. First point, tourism can help to protect the environment through reinvest some of profits, that generated by tourism, to the preservation of local environment and make it popular destination for holidays. However, it can cause pollution and damage in the environment through overuse of natural resources, such as water supply, beaches and coral reef. It also account for increased pollution through traffic emissions and littering. Additionally, tourist accommodations in general dump waste and sewage into seas and rivers. Second point, it might reduce some problems such as over-fishing by creating another source of employment. According to Tourism Concern, tourism account for more than eight per cent of jobs in the world wide and there are approximately two hundred million people work in the tourism sector on all sides of the world. (Tourism Concern, 2004). As a result a lot of people will abandon works in fishing and deforestations and tend to works in tourism industrialization. On the adverse side, it can harm the environment through polish off grass cover, harmful to wildlife and forests and grave local habitats. (BBC,
It is understand that the resorts are fully equipped which primary function is used by a corporate clientele for meetings and to visitors who are interested in nature, adventure and other outdoor pursuits. Therefore, such a huge number of visitors may overexploit natural resources and have a heavy impact on the environment. In addition, there will be environmental distortion and pollutions when there are overuse of infrastructure, transportation and other facilities. There is a serious problem for environmental issues when the unhygienic disposal of human waste, discharge of wastes and littering into water sources which is very important for agriculture will cause severe environmental pollutions due to irresponsible attitudes of tourists during tourism activities such as trekking and camping. Without strict regulations on appropriate land use, high-rise buildings such as tourist hotels, and the overwhelming number of tourists, have resulted in congestion and spoiled much of the local
New Zealand tourism is largely reliant on 'Eco-tourism' so to maintain the tourism industry it is imperative that our environment is conserved. However tourism itself can have negative effects on the environment. The tourism sector must act responsibly in its use of the environment and any use must be sustainable.
The hotel industry is by far one of the biggest business industries known to man in this era. The businesses of this industry are affected by many factors. The businesses environmental factors in external factors are demographic, economic, global, political, sociocultural and technological.
The uncontrolled tourism increase is threatening many natural areas around the world.with the uncontrollable levels of tourism this can put great deal of pressure on an area, andthis could end up leading to negative environmental impacts on the air and the water quality, thevegetation,the soil.the wild life and the possible job opportunities.