EVALUATING THE READINESS OF HOTELS TO THE CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE GREATER ACCRA REGION-GHANA
EVALUATING THE READINESS OF HOTELS TO THE CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE GREATER ACCRA REGION-GHANA
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2023-03
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DEBORAH DEDE NARH ODONKOR
7201180020
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The study was to evaluate the readiness of the hotel industry's contribution towards
environmental sustainability in Ghana. The study specifically aimed to evaluate the
readiness of the hotel industries to environmentally sustainable practices, evaluate the
channels for greenhouse practices adaption in the hotel industry in Ghana, and asses the
challenges in instituting measures for greenhouse practices on customer satisfaction in
the hotels and tourism industry in Ghana. The study was a descriptive design with a
quantitative method of data collection. The employed convenience sampling technique
was to sample sixty respondents from four selected hotels in the Greater Accra
metropolis. The quantitative data was analysed using SPSS tools like frequency and
percentage tables. The finding of the study indicated that almost all (93.3%) of the
respondents affirmed that their hotel uses energy-saving bulbs, and a majority (81.7%)
of the respondents agreed that their hotel embraced processes and practices which
reduce solid waste. A majority (80.0%) of the respondents agreed that the lack of tools
(technology) by hotels to implement greenhouse practices was a major challenge. The
study concluded that organization restrictions, lack of tools, and cost were most often
cited as challenges in instituting greenhouse practices. The study recommends that the
government and NGOs entities should offer incentives and rewards to hotels that adapt
green practices.