Energy practices among small- and medium-sized tourism enterprises: a case of misdirected effort?
Energy practices among small- and medium-sized tourism enterprises: a case of misdirected effort?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.09.028
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发表时间：
2016-01
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
T. Coles;Claire Dinan;N. Warren
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作者：
T. Coles;Claire Dinan;N. Warren
关于可持续旅游业的讨论已经被气候变化问题所主导。作为排放的主要来源，旅游业在努力减轻气候变化的影响方面发挥着至关重要的作用。在目前的知识体系和主要政策论述中，普遍的模式是鼓励采取行动：减少排放将遵循管理做法的创新和采用最新、最节约资源的技术。本文考察了中小型旅游企业(SMTE)的能源实践，报告了作为五年计划的一部分进行的实证研究。尽管能源是一项重要的生产成本，但它在大多数中小企业的商业管理中并不突出。在个别企业如何消耗和管理能源方面，一个重大的知识差距被暴露出来。这篇论文认为，人们的思维应该发生重大转变，不再把行动的数量作为关键的成功标准。在一个增长是当务之急的行业，单靠行动并不能保证减排。相反，在重新平衡对能源生产的关注的同时，有必要重新调整方向，以促进中小企业更高水平的能源素养。
Discussion of sustainable tourism has become dominated by the issue of climate change. As a major source of emissions, the tourism sector has a vital role to play in efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change. Within the current body of knowledge and among major policy discourses, the prevailing paradigm has been to encourage action: reduced emissions will follow innovations in managerial practices and the uptake of the latest, most resource-efficient technologies. This paper examines energy practices among small- and medium-sized tourism enterprises (SMTEs), reporting empirical research conducted as part of a five-year programme. Although energy was a significant cost of production, it did not feature prominently in the business administration of most SMTEs. A major knowledge gap was exposed regarding how energy was consumed and administered by individual businesses. The paper argues for a major shift in thinking away from the number of actions as the key success criterion. Action alone is no guarantee of emissions reductions in a sector where growth is the dominant imperative. Instead, a crucial reorientation towards stimulating higher levels of energy literacy among SMTEs is necessary in parallel to rebalancing of attention towards energy generation.