Applying green practices in hotels sector to ensure sustainable development : case study of the hotels in Siwa oasis

الملخص EN

Hotel sector is one of the most important factors affecting pollution globally, so the adoption of green practices (environmentally friendly practices) in that sector had a direct impact on sustainable development issues.

Therefore, this research aims to present an overall approach to highlight, evaluate the green practices in Siwa hotels and their relationship to sustainable development.

The data was collected by a questionnaire form by personal interview with hotel managers including 11 hotel intentionally selected who do green practices only out of total 20 hotel in Siwa Oasis.

In addition to hotel case study and photographing.

The Results shows significant correlation between green energy practices as a dependent variable and between the total number of hotel stars and ISO certificates only as independent variables at a significant level of 0.05 and the most positive results for Taziry Ecolodge hotel.

These results support the application of green practices systems in the hotel sector to ensure sustainable development in water resources, energy, solid waste and food.