PLANNING a holiday in the sun? Think that resorts packed with high-rise hotels are bad for the environment? Not so much, it turns out, at least when it comes to water. Tourist hotspots can make more efficient use of local water resources than the more discreet villas.
David Sauri at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain and his colleagues studied the tourist hub Benidorm, in south-east Spain, and the holiday villas and houses scattered along the nearby coast. When they looked at which type of tourism used water more efficiently, they found that the eco-conscious tourist would be better…
