Water Scarcity and Climate Change in Mykonos (Greece): The Perceptions of the Hospitality Stakeholders

Autor segons l'article: Atay, Itri; Saladié, Òscar

Departament: Geografia

Autor/s de la URV: Atay, Itri / Saladié Borraz, Òscar

Paraules clau: Climate change; Desalination plants; Greece; Hospitality stakeholders; Island-tourism destinations; Mykonos; Water scarcity

Resum: Climate change, unsustainable water use by the tourism sector, and short-term-based decisions by policymakers create additional stress on limited water resources in arid and semi-arid tourism destinations. Non-conventional water resources are playing an important role in making additional water available for these destinations, and the use of desalination plants has gradually increased. However, they can create additional externalities on the environment that can compromise the sustainability of the tourist destination. The decisions of key stakeholders and cooperation among them hold vital importance for the sustainability of tourism and the availability of water resources. Mykonos Island (Greece) is a globally recognized tourist destination in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. The island has suffered significant water-scarcity problems in recent years, in particular during the peak tourist season, and desalination plants are being built to reduce stress on the water supply. The first objective of this work was to analyze the perceptions of hospitality stakeholders regarding water shortages and climate change in Mykonos. A second objective was to assess whether the same hospitality stakeholders feel that desalination plants are the solution to water scarcity in island-tourism destinations such as Mykonos. The results show that (i) hospitality stakeholders have significant awareness regarding water-scarcity problems and the impacts of climate change on tourism activity, (ii) they do not view desalination plants as the only solution to water scarcity, and (iii) they perceive a significant lack of coordination among actors who participate in the decision-making process. These results provide clues regarding the importance of awareness, coordination, and cooperation of each actor involved in the decision-making process and can be of interest to policymakers and public authorities in tourism destinations facing water-scarcity problems.

Àrees temàtiques: Economics, econometrics and finance (miscellaneous); Social sciences (miscellaneous); Tourism, leisure and hospitality management

Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: oscar.saladie@urv.cat; itri.atay@estudiants.urv.cat

Data d'alta del registre: 2025-02-01

Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Enllaç font original: https://www.mdpi.com/2673-5768/3/3/47

Referència a l'article segons font original: Tourism And Hospitality. 3 (3): 765-787

Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Atay, Itri; Saladié, Òscar (2022). Water Scarcity and Climate Change in Mykonos (Greece): The Perceptions of the Hospitality Stakeholders. Tourism And Hospitality, 3(3), 765-787. DOI: 10.3390/tourhosp3030047

URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

DOI de l'article: 10.3390/tourhosp3030047

Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Any de publicació de la revista: 2022

Tipus de publicació: info:eu-repo/semantics/article