**Energy-Efficient Architecture and Sustainable Urban Tourism: Context, Challenges and Solution Tourism: Context, Challenges and Solution**

**Energy-Efficient Architecture and Sustainable Urban** 

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.72385

Ksenija (Née Jovović) Štahan Ksenija (Née Jovović) Štahan Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.72385

#### **Abstract**

Urban tourism, as well as tourism in general, offers great economic opportunities, while at the same time, it increases the destination's vulnerability to overcrowding and uncontrolled growth. Tourism can and should support sustainable urban development. Sustainable urban tourism and energy efficient architecture are interdependent. Increased stakeholder participation, regional cooperation, sustainable urban mobility, supporting environmental and social innovation, preventing negative social issues, resource efficiency and environmentally acceptable waste management, followed by sustainable hospitality industry architecture, are key drivers for sustainable urban tourism success. Energy-efficient architecture in sustainable urban tourism requires application of energy-efficient concepts, elements and systems. Although considerable effort has been put into raising awareness about the necessity of sustainable urban tourism development, numerous examples of "greenwashing" effect have been detected.

**Keywords:** sustainability, urban tourism, city tourism, sustainable urban tourism, energy-efficiency, architecture, urban architecture, energy-efficient architecture, green building
