One of the most frequent comments among the population residing in the Spanish Balearic Archipelago – a renowned tourist destination for Europeans – used to be: “Tourists consume a lot of water.” But what was this statement based on or supported by?
Many questions regarding the relationship between tourism and water don’t have easy answers. Tourism clearly consumes water – visitors arrive during the warmest time of the year, favour water activities, bathe, shower, and so on. No matter how you look at it, water is linked to tourism and tourism cannot thrive without water.
