The relationship between tourism, CO2 emissions and economic growth: a case of Mediterranean countries

Ballı E., Sigeze Ç., Manga M., Birdir S., Birdir K.

ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH, cilt.24, sa.3, ss.219-232, 2019 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/10941665.2018.1557717
  • Dergi Adı: ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.219-232
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Tourism, CO2 emissions, Mediterranean countries, panel Granger causality, cointegration, economic Growth, panel model, tourism-led economic growth, tourism development, policy implementation, ENERGY-CONSUMPTION PATTERNS, LONG-RUN, CARBON EMISSIONS, PANEL-DATA, CAUSALITY ANALYSIS, ERROR-CORRECTION, HYPOTHESIS, COINTEGRATION, NEXUS, INFERENCE
  • Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study explores the impact of tourism on economic growth considering CO2 emissions utilizing panel data techniques for a sample of Mediterranean countries. The cointegration tests reveal that there is a positive long-run equilibrium between tourism, CO2 emissions and economic growth. This positive long-run relationship may suggest that tourism increases the level of CO2 emissions and has a statistically significant impact on economic growth in Mediterranean countries. Emirmahmutoglu and Kose (2011. Testing for Granger causality in heterogeneous mixed panels. Economic Modelling, 28(3), 870-876.) test results reveal that the tourism-led growth hypothesis, which suggests that tourism contributes to economic growth, is valid for Egypt, Italy, and Spain. Additionally, there exists a bidirectional relationship between tourism and economic growth both in Morocco and Turkey.