Table 4.

Average energy use and CO₂ emissions for different types of accommodation

	Number of respondents	Visitor nights	Total energy use (GJ)	Energy use per visitor-night (MJ)	CO2 total (tonnes)	CO2 per visitor-night (kg)
Resort	15 (14a)	18,800	6684	443	391	27
Motel/Hotel	4 (3a)	21,700	790	34	40	2
Budget	3 (2a)	6600	515	61	22	4

Notes:

^aOnly 14, 3 and 2 businesses provided visitor numbers necessary to derive per capita energy data.

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  1 gigajoule (GJ) equals 1000 megajoules (MJ).
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  Only 14, 3 and 2 businesses provided visitor numbers necessary to derive per capita energy data.
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  Assumptions for calculating energy use: the average cost of electricity from the main grid in Viti Levu was assumed to be 22.09 c/kWh (www.fdoe.gov.fj). Diesel purchased in bulk was approximated to cost 80 c /l, and diesel/petrol used for vehicles $1/l (A. Gonelevu, Department of Energy and B. Herriman, Engineer Beachcomber Island, pers. comm.). Costs for LPG vary but were averaged as $1.50/l (information obtained from Fiji Bluegas).
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  The energy content of diesel is 38.1 MJ/l, and for LPG 26.5 MJ/litre or 49.5 MJ/kg (Baines, 1993).