TY - JOUR
T1 - Air Pollution and Tourism
T2 - Evidence from G20 Countries
AU - Churchill, Sefa Awaworyi
AU - Pan, Lei
AU - Paramati, Sudharshan Reddy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2020/12/27
Y1 - 2020/12/27
N2 - Theoretically, it is well argued that environmental factors affect the growth of the tourism industry; however, from an empirical perspective, some gaps still exist in the literature. We empirically examine the effect of carbon dioxide (CO2) and particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions on tourist arrivals in a panel of G20 countries. Using annual data from 1995 to 2014 and a series of panel data models, our results suggest that the growth of both CO2 and PM2.5 emissions adversely affects international tourist arrivals. The results also show that the observed effect of CO2 emissions is more pronounced in developed economies, while the effect of PM2.5 emissions is stronger for developing economies. Given these findings, our study provides and discusses a number of policy and practical implications.
AB - Theoretically, it is well argued that environmental factors affect the growth of the tourism industry; however, from an empirical perspective, some gaps still exist in the literature. We empirically examine the effect of carbon dioxide (CO2) and particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions on tourist arrivals in a panel of G20 countries. Using annual data from 1995 to 2014 and a series of panel data models, our results suggest that the growth of both CO2 and PM2.5 emissions adversely affects international tourist arrivals. The results also show that the observed effect of CO2 emissions is more pronounced in developed economies, while the effect of PM2.5 emissions is stronger for developing economies. Given these findings, our study provides and discusses a number of policy and practical implications.
KW - CO2 emissions
KW - PM2.5 emissions
KW - the G20
KW - tourist arrivals
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85098248325&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0047287520977724
DO - 10.1177/0047287520977724
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85098248325
JO - Journal of Travel Research
JF - Journal of Travel Research
SN - 0047-2875
ER -