The vibrant tourism industry is increasing demand for water, energy, and carbon dioxide emissions, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said in its latest report.
According to its latest data, the PSA said that total tourism water consumption reached 202.20 million cubic meters (m3) in 2023, an increase of 117.2% from the 93.08 million m3 recorded in the previous year.
"Accommodation services for visitors accounted for the highest water consumption among the tourism characteristic products at 81.24 million m3 or 40.2% share to the total tourism water consumption," the PSA said.
Meanwhile, the total energy consumption of tourism from the use of electricity, petroleum, and other fuel products registered 6,135.28 Kilotonnes of Oil Equivalent (KTOE) in 2023, an increase of 107.4% from the 2,957.64 KTOE recorded energy consumption in 2022.
Transport services for visitors consumed the most energy among tourism characteristic products in 2023, at 2,265.79 KTOE. This accounted for 36.9% of tourism's total energy consumption from the use of electricity, petroleum, and other fuel products.
In 2023, the tourism sector's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from electricity, petroleum, and other fuel products were 8,034.20 Gigagrams (Gg) of CO2.
This was higher by 104.8% from the 3,922.39 Gg CO2 recorded in the previous year. Transport services account for 5,403.90 Gg of CO2, or 67.3% of the total CO2 emission from tourism resulting from electricity, petroleum, and other fuel products.
"Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism (MST) is a developmental satellite account compiled by the Philippine Statistics Authority starting in 2021. It aims to provide useful information towards achieving a suitable balance among the economic, environmental and social aspects of tourism development," the PSA added.
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