Ricerc@Sapienza

The importance of water derives from its being
an indispensable but limited resource. We are not able to produce more than Earth offers, nor can we exploit water
resources outside the planet. Nevertheless, water remains a fundamental asset whose demand is expected to grow
considerably in the coming years: It is estimated that, by 2050, almost half of the world’s population will be
exposed to potential conditions of water stress. The aim of this work is to analyse the role of tourism in the
consumption of water resources, in particular, the volumes of water “indirectly” spent to meet the needs of tourists.
We will explain in detail what these “indirect consumption” consist of and we will deepen the characteristics of the
tourism sector in order to understand the mechanisms that bind it to water resources.