Greening Hotel Operations: A Framework for Sustainable Resource Management and Cost Efficiency in Bukhara Region

This study develops a framework for sustainable resource management in hotel operations and evaluates its impact oncost efficiency and environmental outcomes in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. The proposed framework provides a systematic approachto hotels implementing green energy, water conservation, and waste management practices in their operations. The methodologyinvolves a thorough review of literature and econometric modeling, e.g., regression analysis to measure cost impacts and DataEnvelopment Analysis (DEA) to evaluate relative efficiency of hotels, based on primary data collected using questionnairesof the local hotels. The findings show that adoption of such environmentally friendly practices enhances significantly both thecost-effectiveness of operations and resource use while, at the same time, creating significant environmental gains. The greenmeasuredhotels also reported significantly lower operating costs compared to hotels with conventional practices. Further, thegreen-measured hotels had substantial energy and water conservation and improved waste management performance, whichare indicators of significant environmental benefits. Overall, the achieved efficiency and environmental gain provide a convincingbusiness argument for embracing green operations for hotel businesses. Implementable recommendations for utilizingenvironmentally sound approaches to hotel businesses are provided as implications to hotel managers from this research,which further suggests the promotion of sustainable practices for tourism businesses within a green economy framework forsustainable development to policy makers.