Water resources utilization and tourism environment assessment based on water footprint

Abstract

With population growth and economic development, global Water Resources (WR) are becoming increasingly scarce. As an important consumer sector, the tourism industry is increasingly consuming and polluting WR. How to reasonably utilize WR and protect the water environment has become an important issue for the sustainable development of the current tourism industry.

Keywords

• water resources utilization
• water footprint
• tourism environment evaluation
• water resources management plan
• gray water footprint