{"id":8583,"date":"2016-02-18T08:06:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T07:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=8583"},"modified":"2016-08-25T18:28:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T16:28:51","slug":"italians-choose-sustainable-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/italians-choose-sustainable-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Italians choose sustainable tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More and more people choose green holidays, and almost half of <strong>Italians<\/strong> are willing to pay a little more for <strong>sustainable<\/strong> <strong>holidays<\/strong>. A few days ago the sixth report data, &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fondazioneuniverde.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/VI-Rapporto-Italiani-turismo-sostenibile-e-eco-turismo-feb-016.pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Italian, sustainable tourism and ecotourism<\/a>&#8216;, of UniVerde foundation was published. The data tell us about a population <strong>aware<\/strong> of the importance of a more sustainable and natural type of tourism and increasingly eager to travel in an eco-friendly way.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8586\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/ecotourism4-870x380.jpg\" alt=\"sustainable tourism\" width=\"870\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/ecotourism4-870x380.jpg 870w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/ecotourism4-870x380-536x234.jpg 536w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/ecotourism4-870x380-344x150.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a world where the number of tourists is increasing year by year, passing the billion, <strong>sustainable tourism<\/strong> is increasingly a necessity and Italians know this. In fact, the number of Italians who knows what sustainable tourism is, defined as tourism that respects the environment and seeks to reduce energy use and land resources, has increased significantly since 2011, reaching <strong>74% of the population<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>About <strong>70%<\/strong> of our fellow citizens believe that the damage that tourism can cause to the environment are an emergency, especially with regard to <strong>overbuilding<\/strong> and <strong>construction<\/strong> <strong>speculation<\/strong>. The constraints of environmental sustainability are not seen as a brake on economic development but rather a necessity and an <strong>opportunity for growth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>But do Italians really choose sustainable tourism?<\/h2>\n<p>The data in this report draw an <strong>Italy ready to choose sustainable<\/strong> <strong>tourism<\/strong>. More than 50% of Italian citizens, when planning the vacation, try to make <strong>choices not harmful to the environment<\/strong> and, of these, 41% have always chosen sustainable tourism while for 54% it is a need born <strong>in the last years or even more recently<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the more meaningful data of the report is the choice <strong>to pay up to 20% more to travel sustainable<\/strong>, made from 44% of Italians.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To the question &#8216;If\u00a0making choices that do not harm the environment entailed spending more, what would you do?&#8217; Here is how surveyed\u00a0answered:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8584 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Schermata-2016-02-17-alle-12.05.34.png\" alt=\"But do Italians choose sustainable tourism?\" width=\"1407\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Schermata-2016-02-17-alle-12.05.34.png 1407w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Schermata-2016-02-17-alle-12.05.34-536x165.png 536w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Schermata-2016-02-17-alle-12.05.34-344x106.png 344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1407px) 100vw, 1407px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And if the hotels are still the more popular kind of accommodation, they must be environmentally sustainable, starting from the use of <strong>organic<\/strong> and local ingredients and waste separation without forgetting the use of <strong>photovoltaic panels<\/strong> and systems for saving energy.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the Italians show <strong>hope<\/strong> for the future, indicating that the sensitivity for ecotourism and sustainable tourism in the next 10 years will grow.<\/p>\n<p>With this data so promising it seems that the way of Italian tourism is towards <strong>sustainability<\/strong>, for more natural, sustainable and rewarding holidays and travel. The path is not easy and there is still much to do, but the direction is the right one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>You might also like:<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/responsible-travellers-survey\/\" target=\"_blank\">What every bio-hotel should know when hosting responsible travellers<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More and more people choose green holidays, and almost half of Italians are willing to pay a little more for sustainable holidays. A few days ago the sixth report data, &#8216;Italian, sustainable tourism and ecotourism&#8216;, of UniVerde foundation was published. 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