The French-language Swiss newspaper Le Temps published an article entitled «Mass tourism and sustainable water management, an impossible marriage?». The introduction states: «Many tourist destinations are experiencing significant levels of water stress, yet they offer visitors the illusion of abundance, in competition with locals or through desalination plants.»
- 68% of tourism water demand comes from countries facing “medium” to “very high” water stress levels
- In Sri Lanka, a tourist staying in a hotel uses five times more drinking water than a local
- Mass tourism raises the question of the size of infrastructures and their financing
