Attitude of Ramsar Tourism Destination Hoteliers towards Mitigation-Adaptation Measures to Climate Change

Interaction of hotel industry with the climate is like a relationship between the baby and the hug. The present research aims to Measure the attitude of hotel industry managers in Ramsar tourism destination regarding mitigation-adaptation Measures toward climate change and prioritizing these measures. This research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of method is descriptive. The statistical population of the survey was the managers of Ramsar tourist destinations. The required sample size was 384 by the Cochran formula. To sampling was used convenience sampling method. Data were collected through a questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by formal validity and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha (0.887). Data analysis was performed by using SPSS24 software. The result showed that hospitality industry managers in ramsar tourist destination have only a positive attitude to mitigation measures against climate change. In this regard, managers' priority was, respectively, with mitigation measures and then adaptation measures. Also, in mitigation measures, priority was given to implementing "the rational use of energy and improving energy efficiency in hotels.