The Impact of The COVID-19 Pandemic on the Carbon Footprint of The Alternative State Quarantine Hotel: A Case Study of Small Hotel in Nan Province

Abstract

The spread of Covid-19 since the beginning of 2020 influenced some owners to turn their
hotels into hospitel, in order to prevent and contain the spread of Covid-19. The behavior of staying in the hotel was different from the general tourism period and affected the amount of carbon
footprint of the organization. Thus, this study is to evaluate and compare the carbon footprint in
the hotel when operated as a regular hotel and when operated as a hospitel. The case study took
place in the hotel located in Nan Province. The data was collected between 2019 - 2021. The data
collected from examining public utilities bills and accommodation bills, interviewing the owner and
the staff of the hotel. Moreover, the researcher studies the regulations from the Department of
Disease Control for opening the hospitel.
The results showed that the average annual carbon footprint of the case in 2021 (during
the operation as hospitel) compared to 2019 (base year) increased by 24.34 percent. The comparison
between march, august - december in 2021 (during the operation as hospitel), the average monthly
carbon footprint increased by 69.87 percent especially carbon footprint emission in scope 3.
According to inquiries, it was found that usage of various resources, such as glass cover bags, indoor
shoes and food transportation increased by 616.67 percent.