Abstract
The tourist industry can only operate with adequate energy, water and waste management facilities. This work analyzes the perceptions among university students attending tourism degree courses of the most important responsibilities in this respect for companies operating in the tourist sector, and examines the adoption of environmental practices by companies from a gender perspective. A survey was conducted involving 197 tourism students and 409 restaurant managers. The ANOVA method was used to identify differences. The findings show that in the case of both the group of students and the group of managers, women are more concerned about environmental management than men. The results provide new evidence relating to tourism education and eco-feminist theories.