Often pick tourist seasons put considerable strain on local infrastructure and water can be diverted from much needed domestic and agricultural use for tourism. Just consider that some places such as the Aeolian Islands, the location of our +host Principe di Salina, rely on a daily delivery of water from mainland Italy. The BBC has actually published a list of cities that are most likely to run out of water, amongst them places such as São Paulo, Beijing, Cairo, Moscow, Istanbul and Mexico City.
And to top it all up, as visitors, our daily consumption of water can be up to 4-6 times higher than at home. Scary, indeed!
So here are 5 tips on how to be a water conscious traveller and shrink your water footprint.