Department of Applied Economic Analysis, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Department of Applied Economics, University of the Balearic Islands, E-07122 Palma, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Dec 15;17(24):9392. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17249392.
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.
本研究旨在分析成熟的阳光和海滩度假胜地游客对循环经济（CE）的态度、环境行为和循环实践。该研究对访问大加那利岛并入住酒店的游客进行了抽样调查。研究结果表明：（a）与年轻人相比，年长的游客在酒店环境中表现出更高的环保或循环态度；（b）大多数游客愿意为环保或绿色酒店支付更高的价格，这与社会人口统计学变量有关；（c）大多数游客认为酒店制定节能政策很重要；（d）游客对循环实践的态度因社会经济状况而异；（e）游客最常采取的可持续酒店实践是使用回收箱和可重复使用的毛巾和亚麻布计划；（f）女性的循环行为报告高于男性；（g）86.5%的游客在度假时和在居住地一样实施相同的 CE 实践。研究结果可以为目的地酒店业从线性模式向循环模式过渡提供参考，因为它确定了行业必须推广的领域，以实现这一转变。
