Observing the response of environmental and economic performances to tourism in light of structural changes

In the current study, we explored the asymmetric impact of structural changes and tourism activities on economic performance and carbon emissions in selected economies of the Asian region from 1995 to 2020. Our findings say that the long-run estimates of positive shock in tourism are positively sign...

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Published in:Air quality, atmosphere and health atmosphere and health, 2023-07, Vol.16 (7), p.1321-1332
Main Authors: Akram, Muhammad Wasim, Yang, Shuchun, Hafeez, Muhammad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Carbon
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide emissions
Carbon emissions
Earth and Environmental Science
Economic analysis
Economic development
Economic growth
Economics
Emissions
Emissions control
Environment
Environmental Health
Environmental policy
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Impact analysis
Shock
Sustainable development
Tourism
Tourist activities
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Summary:In the current study, we explored the asymmetric impact of structural changes and tourism activities on economic performance and carbon emissions in selected economies of the Asian region from 1995 to 2020. Our findings say that the long-run estimates of positive shock in tourism are positively significant in China and India. Conversely, the estimated coefficient of negative shock in tourism is positive and significant in India only. These results confer that a rise in tourism activities causes economic growth to rise in China and India, whereas a fall in tourism activities causes economic activities to fall in India only. Similarly, a long-run positive structural change improves the economic growth in Thailand, Malaysia, and India. However, surprisingly, a long-run negative structural change also enhances the economic development of Thailand and Japan. On the other side, a positive shock in the tourism industry causes CO 2 emissions to fall in China, Japan, and Malaysia and rise in India. Likewise, a negative shock in tourist activities reduces in Japan and increases carbon emissions in Malaysia. Moreover, a positive structural change reduces CO 2 emissions in China, Thailand, and Japan, while a negative structural change reduces CO 2 emissions in China and India only.
ISSN:1873-9318
1873-9326
DOI:10.1007/s11869-023-01344-x