TY - JFULL AU - Aishath Shakeela PY - 2015/1/ TI - Water Crisis Management in a Tourism Dependent Community T2 - International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences SP - 4112 EP - 4117 VL - 9 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10002920 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 108, 2015 N2 - At a global level, water stewardship, water stress and water security are crucial factors in tourism planning and development considerations. Challenges associated with water is of particular concern to the Maldives as there is limited availability of freshwater, high dependency on desalinated water, and high unit cost associated with desalinating water. While the Maldives is promoted as an example of sustainable tourism, a key sustainability challenge facing tourism dependent communities is the efficient use and management of available water resources. A water crisis event in the capital island of Maldives highlighted how precarious water related issues are in this tourism dependent destination. Applying netnography, the focus of this working paper is to present community perceptions of how government policies addressed Malé Water and Sewerage Company (MWSC) water crisis event. ER -