This is the first Spanish city in the world to be "obsessed" with water. What does that mean?

This city deserves thumbs up. To carry out sustainable tourism, the city calculates all the movement of water used. Valencia is a tourist city in Spain. Like other Spanish cities, Valencia is indeed very popular with tourists.

Valencia's commitment to sustainable tourism development has reached a new stage. Launching from Travel Daily, Valencia became the first city in the world to measure the water footprint of tourist activities. So, Valencia will calculate water consumption and the origin of fresh water pollution, direct or indirect pollution, components of tourism activities ranging from transportation and accommodation to water consumption in restaurants and recreation areas.

It can be concluded that Valencia will calculate all water movements used by tourism activities from their origin to pollution. The study was carried out by the Global Omnium company in collaboration with the Visit Valencia Foundation and the Valencia City Council.

At first glance, Valencia seems obsessed with water. Even though this is proof of Valencia's love for the environment. This initiative is part of Valencia's Sustainable Tourism Strategy to become a carbon neutral city by 2025. Water footprint is also implemented to make water management more efficient.

According to research, the total volume of water consumption originating from tourist activities in Valencia in 2019 was 74.23 cubic hectares. This means there is 0.35 cubic meters of water used by one tourist per day. This calculation also includes cruise ship passengers and those who vacation there only for picnics.

Calculating the water footprint is the first step to identifying opportunities to reduce water consumption and implementing the necessary measures for more sustainable resource management. In 2020, Valencia itself has verified the carbon footprint of all tourism activities. The goal is to become the world's first carbon-neutral travel destination by 2025.