Rational utilization of water resources to promote sustainable development of rural ecotourism

Today's society is grappling with a critical issue: how to sustainably expand rural ecotourism and make good use of water resources (the following expressions are all denoted by WRs). This paper has analyzed the characteristics of rural ecotourism based on the current situation of WR utilizatio...

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Main Authors: Songting Zhang, Yichao Wu, Bo Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IWA Publishing 2023-09-01
Series:Water Supply
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Online Access:http://ws.iwaponline.com/content/23/9/3844
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Bo Xu
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description Today's society is grappling with a critical issue: how to sustainably expand rural ecotourism and make good use of water resources (the following expressions are all denoted by WRs). This paper has analyzed the characteristics of rural ecotourism based on the current situation of WR utilization, starting from the meaning of rural ecotourism, and has taken three tourist villages for research on the utilization of WRs. The results indicated that the WRs used in the tourism industry in rich villages in 2019 accounted for the highest proportion (28.81%) between 2010 and 2019; medium villages reached a maximum of 18.32% in 2017; poor villages in 2014 used the highest proportion of WRs in the tourism industry between 2010 and 2019, accounting for 37.76%. Poor villages have consistently spent the largest amount of water in the tourism industry. It showed that blindly utilizing WRs in the tourism industry could not promote economic development, only rational distribution could achieve sustainable economic growth and sustainable development of tourism ecology. This paper has also discussed the problems of water utilization in rural ecotourism development using this research and provides corresponding solution strategies, hoping to provide a theoretical reference for the sustainable development of rural ecotourism. HIGHLIGHTS This paper analyzes the characteristics of rural ecotourism.; Poor villages have been spending the most water on tourism.; The problems of water resource utilization in the development of rural ecotourism are discussed.; Put forward the corresponding water resources management strategy.; It has a certain reference value for rational utilization of water resources.;
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spelling doaj.art-7ccc8995565f4cd1a769ff61611b04c22023-10-12T07:34:34ZengIWA PublishingWater Supply1606-97491607-07982023-09-012393844385510.2166/ws.2023.229229Rational utilization of water resources to promote sustainable development of rural ecotourismSongting Zhang0Yichao Wu1Bo Xu2 College of History, Culture and Tourism, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang, Anhui 236037, China Yuexiu Institute of Hospitality Administration, Zhejiang Yuexiu University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312030, China Department of Tourism and Geographical Sciences, Baicheng Normal University, Baicheng, Jilin 137000, China Today's society is grappling with a critical issue: how to sustainably expand rural ecotourism and make good use of water resources (the following expressions are all denoted by WRs). This paper has analyzed the characteristics of rural ecotourism based on the current situation of WR utilization, starting from the meaning of rural ecotourism, and has taken three tourist villages for research on the utilization of WRs. The results indicated that the WRs used in the tourism industry in rich villages in 2019 accounted for the highest proportion (28.81%) between 2010 and 2019; medium villages reached a maximum of 18.32% in 2017; poor villages in 2014 used the highest proportion of WRs in the tourism industry between 2010 and 2019, accounting for 37.76%. Poor villages have consistently spent the largest amount of water in the tourism industry. It showed that blindly utilizing WRs in the tourism industry could not promote economic development, only rational distribution could achieve sustainable economic growth and sustainable development of tourism ecology. This paper has also discussed the problems of water utilization in rural ecotourism development using this research and provides corresponding solution strategies, hoping to provide a theoretical reference for the sustainable development of rural ecotourism. HIGHLIGHTS This paper analyzes the characteristics of rural ecotourism.; Poor villages have been spending the most water on tourism.; The problems of water resource utilization in the development of rural ecotourism are discussed.; Put forward the corresponding water resources management strategy.; It has a certain reference value for rational utilization of water resources.;http://ws.iwaponline.com/content/23/9/3844rational utilizationrural ecotourismsustainable developmentwater resources
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Yichao Wu
Bo Xu
Rational utilization of water resources to promote sustainable development of rural ecotourism
Water Supply
rational utilization
rural ecotourism
sustainable development
water resources
title Rational utilization of water resources to promote sustainable development of rural ecotourism
title_full Rational utilization of water resources to promote sustainable development of rural ecotourism
title_fullStr Rational utilization of water resources to promote sustainable development of rural ecotourism
title_full_unstemmed Rational utilization of water resources to promote sustainable development of rural ecotourism
title_short Rational utilization of water resources to promote sustainable development of rural ecotourism
title_sort rational utilization of water resources to promote sustainable development of rural ecotourism
topic rational utilization
rural ecotourism
sustainable development
water resources
url http://ws.iwaponline.com/content/23/9/3844
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