| dc.description.abstract | Tourism is recognized as one of the world's
largest industries and continues to expand at a rapid rate.
However, negative environmental impacts and social
impacts are results of this rapid growth. The Sri Lankan hotel
industry is operated in a lagging characteristic in greening
compared with the global tourism even if some of the best
green hotels are operating locally. Hence, a clear gap in
greening is visible between the local hotel industry and the
best local green hotels. Therefore, this research focused on
observing the relevant technological factors behind the
existence of such a gap in green implementation of the 58
hotels which are located within the Western Province of Sri
Lanka. Further it was conducted as a hybrid approached
based on the details collected from the literature review,
interviews and a questionnaire based survey. The
questionnaire sample included 120 respondents. Data
analysing was done using the SPSS through the descriptive
and inferential statistics techniques. Findings showed that
green expertise knowledge and the technological capabilities
are critical factors on green. However, technology transfer
and technological infrastructure are not critical factors as of
now. Therefore, key issues were analysed and the
recommendations were made to meet the sustainable
development in the hotel industry of Sri Lanka. | en_US |
