Outdoor tourism energy storage investment

Are energy facilities a tourist attraction?

Energy facilities and landscape can also become tourism attractions. A new niche of industrial tourism, called energy tourism, has been just raised ( Frantál and Urbánková, 2017 ). A specific segment of tourists are attracted to such sites. Many aspects of energy tourism remain unknown.

Is tourism energy consumption sustainable?

Tourism energy consumption should be researched within the goals of sustainable tourism development and successful destination management. Existing studies on tourism energy consumption and sustainability are mostly related to two environmental themes.

Does energy consumption affect tourism development?

Understanding tourism energy consumption is becoming an indispensable way for destinations to improve environmental degradation and promote tourism development in an environmentally sustainable way. Nevertheless, the relationships between energy consumption and tourism development have remained unclear in the literature.

Does tourism generate energy?

Energy consumption is rapidly increasing with a fast growth in tourist arrival and changes in tourism destination. Tourism-generated energy and its impact on destination should be evaluated ( Tabatchnaia-Tamirisa et al., 1997 ). First, energy use is often related to the environmental problems in destination, such as carbon dioxide emissions.

Do tourist choices affect energy consumption?

First, the impacts of tourist choices on energy consumption are examined in different sectors but not focusing on the whole decision-making and behavior process of a tourist. Tourists not only make decisions in transportation or accommodation but also in multiple subsectors of tourism.

Can tourism energy consumption be quantified?

If tourism energy consumption can be quantified, it is easier to control the negative environmental impacts under the critical thresholds; thus tourism and destinations can be sustainably developed ( Gössling et al., 2005 ).