The effects the development of large hotels has on the Caribbean environment it Review

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Development of large hotels in the Caribbean

hotels operate, it is imperative that hotels focus on conserving the resources that sustain them. fifth of all species #nown to exist today.

@everal hotels have been doing their part to conserve the natural environment and protect

species.

It is a current issue around the globe, where water tables are falling, underground aquifers

are being depleted, la#es are shrin#ing and wetlands are drying up. &ater conservation is

necessary in all areas of the world. It is estimated that up to -3J of the water that families used

could be saved by implementing simple conservation methods. The savings in energy and

sewage treatment costs would all add up. @everal hotels have implemented water saving

initiatives. The hotel industry can reduce the amount of waste produced by implementing and

following a waste management system that is modelled around the concepts of reduce, reuse and

recycle 0Areenhotelier, (33+4. !pproximately -+ percent of a hotelFs solid waste can either be

recycled or reused 0!lexander (33(4. ! study by 53 percent4 of the waste materials in an accommodation facility can be recycled

or reused.K

otels have the ability to buy in bul# and to influence the supplier to provide less

pac#aging and use more environmentally friendly materials. any countries such as !ustria and

;inland require suppliers to ta#e bac# and reuse or recycle their pac#aging waste. ! hotel can

help reduce ha)ardous waste generation by ma#ing an effort to only purchase environmentally>

friendly products. 9urchasing locally all items and services, will also reduce the impact on the

environment and benefit the community. otels can purchase and use biodegradable cleaning

products, and purchase certified organic produce and products.


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In order to protect the environment, 8nvironment anagement system has been

implemented by hotels locally as well as worldwide. @teger 0(3334 defined an 8 @ as a

=transparent and systematic process?, #nown corporate>wide, with the purpose of prescribing and

implementing environmental goals, policies and responsibilities, as well as a regular auditing of

its elements. !lmost all hotels have implemented their in>house 8 @ or used efforts on

protecting the environment in hotels with varying degrees of intensity in the past few decades

0@tipanu#, %1154. ! survey found that the ma/or benefit of environmental management was the

improvement in public image and better relationship with the local community 0Chan, (3324.

@ome 8 @ methods used within the hotel industry comprises of 8nvironment !udit, in

recent years, hotel companies are increasingly being evaluated by the degree of their

environmental and social commitment and achievements rather than only by their financial

performance. In this context, industry benchmar#ing is gaining attention and continuing to

develop 0&Lber, (33%4. 9erforming an audit is the first step in facility performance evaluation.

The number of environmental reporting tools for hotels has been developed by international

environmental organi)ations, branch associations and even hotel corporations. The various

schemes differ with regard to geographicalMclimatic areas covered, types of hotel facilities

included, detail of environmental information required, benchmar#ing methods, user>friendliness

and implementation cost. They all, however, aim at helping hotel managers in evaluating hotel

performance from an environmental perspective, and, generally, offer solutions based on the data

collected. In this paper, four reporting and benchmar#ing schemes 0three of them Internet>based4

will be presented and compared, followed by a discussion of their relevance and usefulness for

the hotel sector.


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What are the benefits of the development of large hotel on the economic environment?

The development of large hotels plays an important part to a country s economic

environment in many ways whether by contributing to the country s gross domestic product

0AD94, creating /ob opportunities or could cause a better standard of living.

;irstly, large hotels contribute to the country AD9 as tourists who usually stay in these

hotels will spend their money on local products and services. This could be seen as according to

the &orld (33%.? It further stated that =its shares in AD9 have gone up from 2

to %3 percent over the period.? @o the hotels play a part in the country s growth in AD9.

@econdly, large hotels help in the creation of /ob opportunities for the local citi)ens.

!ccording to "utbac# =tourism is a labour>intensive industry and creates more /ob opportunities

encouraging young people to stay in local communities.? 9eople would be able to wor# either

within the hotels and assist the tourist or they could wor# as tour guides in the tourism industry.

The trainers for hotels will provide the necessary training the staff will need to fill these /obs that

would be opening for the citi)ens of the community the hotel is located or people wishing to be

employed there. ;urthermore, large hotels could help to better the standards of living for a

country s citi)ens as when it contributes to the country s AD9 and /ob opportunities, not only

will the government generate more money for the country but the persons who are employed will

be able to better their life as they are now acquiring an income.

8ven though the large hotels benefit the country s economic environment some may

argue that it is doing many negative things to the environment. !ccording to 6789, tourism

could cause depletion of natural resources li#e the water resources as it would cause an overuse


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of our fresh water and also our land resources such as energy, food and other raw materials. It

could also cause land degradation as the construction of these hotels would destroy our wetlands,

fossil fuels, forests and wildlife /ust to construct these buildings and the development of these

large hotels could cause pollution whether air, water or noise.

Conclusion

The development of large hotels has a mixture of benefits and impacts on the

environment. If the development is unplanned, it can have serious social and environmental

impacts while providing little real economic benefit. "n the other hand, if the developments are

carefully planned, it can bring about many advantages to the local community and its

environment.

Tourism creates catastrophe situation all over the world and this collapse condition can

extinguish regional collaboration and communication. 8verybody should be conscious about the

negative impact of tourism and hotel development and ta#e the proper steps to lessen the

problem especially each government of each country and international authority in regarding of

tourism industry.

! gap that was found when conducting this review was that some of the literature was

bias for they only spo#e about the negatives of hotel development. They also did not explore

other causes that damage the environment. &e recommend that future researchers focus their

efforts on exploring whether or not the regulatory bodies are effective in implementing measures

to sustain the environment.


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