5.2. Lodging
Accommodation accounts for 3% of our tourist EF, or 1.05 gha /year per tourist equivalent resident. This compares to 0.69 gha/year/capita estimated for local residents. 84% of
respondents lodged within the Val di Merse (of which 74% were in agrotourism structures and 26% in rented apartments). No responses indicated friends or hotel as their place
of lodging. Of the 16% of tourists that lodged outside the Val di
Merse: 54% lodged in agrotourism structures, while 20%
lodged in a hotel, 17% lodged in rented apartments, 9% with
friends. Total hectares of urbanized land were assessed from
CORINE landcover to be 269 ha, or 0.019 ha per resident/equivalent resident. Per capita consumption of electricity
(GRTN, 2000), municipal water (Acquedotto del Fiora, 2001)
and production of waste were estimated by lodging providers
to be similar to resident household estimates. Home stay and
agrotourism structures often collect linens on a weekly, rather
than daily basis, and many forms of energy conservation were
reported, such as pay-per-unit heating.