How Tourism Development Affects Carbon Emissions and Ecological Efficiency? The Case of China

Q1 Social Sciences Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management Pub Date : 2023-02-02 DOI:10.1142/s1464333222500363

Jiaman Li, Kangyin Dong

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This paper aims to determine the dynamic influence of provincial tourism development on carbon emissions and ecological efficiency in China. For this purpose, the paper first develops a new index to evaluate the ecological efficiency and then utilises the SYS-GMM method by using the provincial data during 2004–2017. Besides, we explore the heterogeneous, asymmetric, and mediating impact effect in the tourism–carbon–ecological efficiency nexus. The following findings are highlighted: (1) An inverted U-shaped nexus exists between tourism development and carbon emissions, which confirms the existence of the tourism–environment Kuznets curve; (2) tourism development can promote ecological efficiency, and this positive impact of tourism on the economy is enhanced by the tourism infrastructure; (3) the impact of tourism development on carbon emissions is heterogeneous and asymmetric, while its influence on ecological efficiency is consistent; and (4) investment effect is the significant mediator. This paper puts forward several policy suggestions based on the conclusion.

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旅游发展如何影响碳排放和生态效率?中国的案例

本文旨在确定中国省级旅游业发展对碳排放和生态效率的动态影响。为此，本文首先开发了一个新的生态效率评价指标，然后利用2004-2007年的省级数据，采用SYS-GMM方法。此外，我们还探讨了旅游-碳-生态效率关系中的异质性、不对称性和中介影响效应。研究结果表明：（1）旅游发展与碳排放之间存在倒U型关系，证实了旅游-环境库兹涅茨曲线的存在；（2）旅游业的发展可以提高生态效率，而旅游业对经济的积极影响是通过旅游基础设施来增强的；（3）旅游业发展对碳排放的影响是异质的、不对称的，而对生态效率的影响是一致的；（4）投资效应是显著的中介。在此基础上，本文提出了几点政策建议。

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