Tourist hordes damage Mediterranean freshwater, says WWF

  • 15/07/2004

Tourism is damaging freshwater in the Mediterranean basin and growing demand from water-guzzling golf courses, hotels, and aquaparks will further strain resources, environmental group WWF warned. A tourist staying in a hotel uses on average one-third more water than a local inhabitant, while the annual consumption of a golf course is equivalent to that of a city of 12,000 inhabitants, WWF said in a report.