抄録
In order to achieve sustainable-tourism, it is indispensable to consider the consumption of resources by tourism industries. This study concentrates on B&Bs, as they have increased in Taiwan. Each B&B manager was interviewed directly to investigate his/her resource consumption behaviors with the beneficiary-pays principle. Although there are many points worthy of consideration, in the end, the consumption of groundwater and spring water without measuring their quantity, which was generated from the failure of the market and the failure of the government, proves to be one of the most critical problems concerning their resource consumption. It is desirable for B&Bs in Taiwan, where there are few water resources because of its geographical characteristics, to install meters to measure how much groundwater and spring water is used in order to manage and improve the use of the natural water resources.
