5.4. Food and fiber
Food and fiber consumption contributed 6% to the total tourist
equivalent resident EF, or 2.22 gha/year/capita. This is slightly higher than the 2.13 gha/year/capita estimated for resident EF
accounts. The difference can be explained by the high use of
restaurant structures by tourists. Tourists responded that they
ate“out”twice as often as reported in resident estimates (APT,
2000; ISTAT, 1999; Patterson, 2005). Breakfasts were most
frequently reported at the place of lodging (83%) with the
remainder at a “cafe”. Lunch was nearly evenly distributed
between“cafe”(36%)“restaurant”(25%), and“bag lunch”(39%).
Dinner was taken more commonly at“restaurant”(74%) than
“place of lodging”(26%). Thus conversion factors for restaurant and bar use were doubled for equivalent residents to
reflect these responses