Pro-ecological hotel policies as assessed by guests

• Authors: Izabela Kapera , Ewa Wszendybył-Skulska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of the research was to learn whether pro-ecological policies are important to guests staying at hotels. It is based on a survey of 274 guests staying at 23 hotels in Poland. Research has shown that 32.1% of survey participants consider proecological issues when choosing a stay at a hotel. Close to 62% of guests believe that hotels should pursue such initiatives which are believed to yield environmental benefits, reductions in hotel operating costs, promotional effects, and a positive impact on a hotel's image. More than 35% of guests would be willing to pay more for a stay at a hotel that pursues environmentally-friendly policies. It is important to emphasize that pro-ecological activity is not used in hotel rankings in Poland.

Keywords

EN

tourism; service; hospitality; environmental attitudes; Poland

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Turyzm
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 57-62

Dates

published

2017-12-30

Contributors

author

Izabela Kapera

• University School of Physical Education, Cracow, Faculty of Tourism and Leisure

author

Ewa Wszendybył-Skulska

• Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Department of Management on Tourism

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/tour-2017-0013