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Circular economy in the Portuguese hotel industry: an empirical overview

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dc.contributor.authorCosta, Berta
dc.contributor.authorRidrigues, Susana
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Carina
dc.contributor.authorPacheco, Maria Pilar
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-08T12:24:18Z
dc.date.available2023-12-08T12:24:18Z
dc.date.issued2022-05
dc.description.abstractThe implementation of Circular Economy (CE) in the tourism industry, and more specifically in the hotel industry, is still in its early stages, as the debate on it has focused on the manufacturing sector, undervaluing the service area, namely the travel and tourism one, and their input to the transition to a CE paradigm. Although the hotel industry is one of the essential branches of the travel and tourism sector, there is little relevant scientific and empirical research available on the potential of such an implementation. The Circular Economy construct has recently been gaining prominence as it has the potential to enhance the use of natural resources, in which the tourism and the hotel industry rely, to mitigate the emission of greenhouse gases, and to offer economic, environmental, and social business advantages and opportunities. Making use of the results of a survey applied to the Portuguese hotel industry, this paper offers an analysis of this business’s awareness, attitude, enablers, benefits, challenges, and organizational performance concerning the implementation of a Circular Economy approach. The results indicate that there is awareness regarding CE and its R-Principles and that some measures that may enhance the implementation of this concept are already being put into practice. There is also evidence that this economic approach is beneficial to companies, but support from all the actors (companies, government, stakeholders) is mandatory. The lack of investment in the CE implementation, policies focused on waste treatment and the lack of promotion of circular design were identified as challenges. Acquiring new competencies as well as the reduction of the hotels’ carbon footprint were identified as the major predictive positive impacts of CE in the organisational performance of companies. This research is a contribution to the existing literature on Circular Economy and the conceptualization of CE within the hotel industry. In addition, to the theoretical contribution, the results of this study may also have empirical inputs for all the actors, and may also lead them to question the goals of their businesses and to examine thoroughly the environmental, social, and economic impact of their activities and operations, and ultimately act as catalysts to circularity.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationCosta B, Rodrigues S, Silva C, Pacheco MP. Circular economy in the Portuguese hotel industry: an empirical overview. In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Tourism Research (ICTR 2022), Porto, May 19-20, 2022. p. 73-81.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.34190/ictr.15.1.180pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/16651
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://papers.academic-conferences.org/index.php/ictr/article/view/180pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectCircular economypt_PT
dc.subjectHotel industrypt_PT
dc.subjectAwarenesspt_PT
dc.subjectBenefitspt_PT
dc.subjectEnablerspt_PT
dc.subjectAttitudept_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.titleCircular economy in the Portuguese hotel industry: an empirical overviewpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage81pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage73pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternational Conference on Tourism Researchpt_PT
person.familyNameSilva
person.givenNameCarina
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-1021-7935
person.identifier.scopus-author-id55258764900
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