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Travelers care about environment but don't want to pay more to protect it.
Monday, 28th April 2014
Source : Agoda.com
Agoda announced the results of their Global Earth Day Hotels Survey, which shows that while most travelers like environmentally friendly hotels, they don't want to pay much more to stay in them.
 
The survey, conducted online in March, 2014, asked 57,000 Agoda.com customers how they felt about environmental efforts by hotels. While 58% of all travelers said they preferred hotels that claimed to be environmentally friendly, only 39% said they would pay an extra $10 or more per night to stay in one.

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Travelers from the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK cared the least about eco-friendly hotels*. Only 35% of Danish and Dutch travelers and only 38% of UK travelers said they preferred them.

They were among the least likely to want to shell out more cash, too, with 57%, 47% and 47% respectively saying they would not pay anything extra to stay in a green hotel.
 
The biggest fans of green hotels were travelers from China. An impressive 79% said they were more likely to stay in eco-friendly hotels. When it came to opening their wallets, though, they were a little less enthusiastic. Only 22% said they would pay $10 or more per night to stay in a green hotel.
 
When asked which environmentally-friendly hotel practices they liked the most, travelers picked use of environmentally-friendly cleaning products and recycling as their favorites, each taking about 37% of the total votes cast (respondents were allowed to select as many as they wanted from a list of eight common practices). The least popular was reusing towels and sheets, which got only 23% of the votes.
 
Most Important Green Business Practices

37.3% - Use of environmentally friendly cleaning products
36.8% - Recycling
36.1% - Environmentally conscious construction and design
35.7% - Waste reduction
32.0% - Pollution prevention or reduction
25.4% - Conservation of water
24.9% - Conservation of electricity
23.1% - Reuse of towels/sheets
17.2% - None

* Of countries with 100 or more respondents.

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