The role of hotel managers in educating hotel guests on sustainable development

The article addresses the issue of educating the consumers of tourism services on environmental issues and the role of business in this area. The authors have assumed that a full participation of the purchasers of these services in the realisation of the sustainable development goals expressed in greening tourism consumption depends on the level of consumer’s knowledge. This level is mainly developed by the family, school and media but also by the tourism enterprises. The assumptions concerning the role of the tourism enterprises in educating the tourists on sustainable development have been built on the results of a questionnaire survey carried out in hotels located in the most attractive resorts of the Lower Silesia region

The concept of sustainable development in the awareness and practical actions of the inhabitants of tourism municipalities

Putting the principles of sustainable development intopractice is of special importance to the resorts and tourism regions. Their inhabitants play a critical role in this process. The article is aimed at evaluating the involvement of the local communities in the application of the principles of sustainable development in tourism municipalities. The conclusions have been drawn based on a questionnaire studies performed on a group of over four hundred residents of selected municipalities of the Lower Silesia Voievodeship