Contribution of tourism to economic growth in Iran's Provinces: GDM approach

Habibi, Fateh; Rahmati, Mehran; Karimi, A

doi:10.1016/j.fbj.2018.09.001

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“…Rapid increase in tourism could provide a good source of income [88,89], but uncontrolled tourism would also degrade the local environment [88,90]. Mass tourism has considerable negative environmental impacts and threatens local biodiversity, and thus ultimately can degrade the ecosystem [91,92].…”

Section: Mass Tourism: Its Economic Benefits Environmental Problems mentioning

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Issues and Opportunities Associated with Trophy Hunting and Tourism in Khunjerab National Park, Northern Pakistan

Rashid

Shi

Rahim

et al. 2020

Animals

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Trophy hunting and mass tourism are the two major interventions designed to provide various socioeconomic and ecological benefits at the local and regional levels. However, these interventions have raised some serious concerns that need to be addressed. This study was conducted in Khunjerab National Park (KNP) with an aim to analyze comparatively the socioeconomic and ecological impacts of trophy hunting and mass tourism over the last three decades within the context of sustainability. Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with key stakeholders and household interviews were conducted to collect data on trophy hunting and mass tourism, and on local attitudes towards these two interventions in and around KNP. The results revealed that 170 Ibex (Capra sibirica) and 12 Blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur) were hunted in the study area over the past three decades, and trophy hunting was not based on a sustainable harvest level. Trophy hunting on average generated USD 16,272 annual revenue, which was invested in community development. However, trophy hunting has greatly changed the attitudes of local residents towards wildlife: a positive attitude towards the wild ungulates and strongly negative attitude towards wild carnivores. In addition, trophy hunting has reduced the availability of ungulate prey species for Snow leopards (Panthera uncia), and consequently, Snow leopards have increased their predation on domestic livestock. This has, in turn, increased human–snow leopard conflict, as negative attitudes towards carnivores result in retaliatory killing of Snow leopards. Furthermore, according to official record data, the number of tourists to KNP has increased tremendously by 10,437.8%, from 1382 in 1999 to 145,633 in 2018. Mass tourism on average generated USD 33,904 annually and provided opportunities for locals to earn high incomes, but it caused damages to the environment and ecosystem in KNP through pollution generation and negative impacts on wildlife. Considering the limited benefits and significant problems created by trophy hunting and mass tourism, we suggest trophy hunting should be stopped and mass tourism should be shifted to ecotourism in and around KNP. Ecotourism could mitigate human–Snow leopard conflicts and help conserve the fragile ecosystem, while generating enough revenue incentives for the community to protect biodiversity and compensate for livestock depredation losses to Snow leopards. Our results may have implications for management of trophy hunting and mass tourism in other similar regions that deserve further investigation.

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Section: Mass Tourism: Its Economic Benefits Environmental Problems mentioning

confidence: 99%

Issues and Opportunities Associated with Trophy Hunting and Tourism in Khunjerab National Park, Northern Pakistan

Rashid

Shi

Rahim

et al. 2020

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“…Empirical studies in the literature mainly focus on the economic growth effects of tourism in general terms (Aslan, 2014(Aslan, , 2016Bilen et al, 2017;Brida et al, 2015;Gricar et al, 2021;Habibi et al, 2018;Haller et al, 2021;Kim et al, 2006;Seetanah, 2011). In addition to these, tourism, energy and carbon emissions link has also been the subject of various studies (Adedoyin et al, 2021;Ahmad et al, 2018;Azam et al, 2018;Chishti et al, 2020;Is ¸ı k et al, 2017;Jebli et al, 2014;Pablo-Romero et al, 2019;Sharif et al, 2017Sharif et al, , 2020aSharif et al, , 2020bTang & Abosedra, 2014;Tiwari et al, 2013;Xiangyu et al, 2021).…”

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Investigating the nexus between CO ₂ emissions, economic growth, energy consumption and pilgrimage tourism in Saudi Arabia

Öztürk

Aslan

Altınöz

2021

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja

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Every year millions of Muslims go to Saudi Arabia to fulfil pilgrimage worship, thus Saudi Arabia is such a religious centre brings with it various consequences. In this context, this paper investigates the nexus between CO2 emissions, economic growth, energy consumption and pilgrimage tourism in Saudi Arabia for the period of 1968-2017. The dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS) and fully-modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS) methods are employed in this study. FMOLS results prove that energy consumption, number of pilgrims and oil prices have a positive effect on CO2 emissions and GDP has a negative effect on it, while DOLS results imply that only energy consumption has a positive effect on carbon emissions. In addition, there is unidirectional causality from CO2 to pilgrimage tourism and from pilgrimage tourism to oil, and there is bidirectional causality between pilgrimage tourism and GDP. Therefore, the environmental cost of pilgrimage tourism is inevitable. Reflections of pilgrimage visits to Saudi Arabia as a belief tourism are dealt with for the first time in this paper. In addition, our more specific purpose is to determine the environmental impacts of Muslims performing the pilgrimage, during their religious worship.

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“…They also document a directional Granger causality, both in the short-and long-term, from international tourism's reception to economic growth. Meanwhile, Ohlan (2017), Paramati et al (2017), Chulaphan and Barahona (2018), Liu and Song (2018), Ribeiro and Wang (2020), and Su et al (2021) found a bidirectional causal relationship between tourism and economic growth for the cases of India, Iran, Thailand, Hong Kong, Sao Tome, China, respectively. Furthermore, Srinivasan et al (2012) examine the impact of tourism on Sri Lanka's economic growth during the period 1969-2009 using the ARDL-Error Correction Model.…”

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Does International Tourism Promote Economic Growth? Some Evidence From Indonesia

MARDHANI¹,

Majid²,

Jamal³

et al. 2021

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Realizing an increasing contribution of the tourism sector to global economies, this study intends to enrich the existing tourism literature by empirically exploring the short- and long-run dynamic causalities between tourism and economic growth in Indonesia over the period 1995 to 2017. For these purposes, cointegration, Fully Modified Least Squares (FMOLS), and Granger causality techniques are adopted. The study found a cointegration between tourism and economic growth, indicating the existence of a long-run relationship between the tourism sector and economic growth. In the long-run, tourism has contributed to the promotion of economic growth. Finally, both in the short- and long-run, the study found a unidirectional causal relationship running from tourism to economic growth, confirming the tourism-led growth hypothesis. To enhance Indonesia's economic growth, the tourism sector should be further promoted by making it more attractive, supported by advanced IT facilities, warm hospitality, and diversified tourism objects.

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Contribution of tourism to economic growth in Iran's Provinces: GDM approach

Cited by 78 publications

References 48 publications

Issues and Opportunities Associated with Trophy Hunting and Tourism in Khunjerab National Park, Northern Pakistan

Issues and Opportunities Associated with Trophy Hunting and Tourism in Khunjerab National Park, Northern Pakistan

Investigating the nexus between CO ₂ emissions, economic growth, energy consumption and pilgrimage tourism in Saudi Arabia

Does International Tourism Promote Economic Growth? Some Evidence From Indonesia

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Contribution of tourism to economic growth in Iran's Provinces: GDM approach

Cited by 78 publications

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Issues and Opportunities Associated with Trophy Hunting and Tourism in Khunjerab National Park, Northern Pakistan

Issues and Opportunities Associated with Trophy Hunting and Tourism in Khunjerab National Park, Northern Pakistan

Investigating the nexus between CO 2 emissions, economic growth, energy consumption and pilgrimage tourism in Saudi Arabia

Does International Tourism Promote Economic Growth? Some Evidence From Indonesia

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Investigating the nexus between CO ₂ emissions, economic growth, energy consumption and pilgrimage tourism in Saudi Arabia