Tourism Development, Environment and Policies: Differences between Domestic and International Tourists

Liu, Jianjun; Pan, Haili; Shu, Zheng

doi:10.3390/su11051390

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“…One stream of literature relied on questionnaire survey tools to measure travelers' subjectively perceived level of air pollution, which is actually a psychological response to the actual air quality (e.g., [2,5,28,29]). Another stream of literature examined the impacts of actual air pollution on the tourism industry by applying different scientifically measured indices of air pollution (e.g., [9][10][11]30]). Table 1 presents a non-exhaustive summary of previous studies.…”

Section: The Impact Of Air Pollution On Tourismmentioning

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“…Although there were uncertainties associated with the remote sensing measurements (for example, affected by weather and the precision of the electrical instruments), the accuracy and reliability of the PM 2.5 grids data have been highly appreciated. In fact, both data sources have been widely utilized in previous research (e.g., [8,9,11,12,42]). The data from the two data sources were highly correlated.…”

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“…They further discovered that leisure-related activities were much more sensitive to air pollution than work-related activities. To examine the impact of air pollution on the tourism industry, a number of studies have used PM 2.5 , PM 10 , or AQI as indicative measures of air quality (e.g., [9][10][11][12]). However, how other major air pollutants (e.g., NO 2 , SO 2 ) influence the tourism industry in China has seldom been explored.…”

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The Impacts of Different Air Pollutants on Domestic and Inbound Tourism in China

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Previous studies have reported that air pollution negatively affects the tourism industry. This paper attempted to answer the following question: among different air pollutants, which one acts as the most adverse factor? The study was based on a sample of panel data covering 337 Chinese cities for the period between 2007 and 2016. Four pollutant indicators were inspected: PM 2 . 5 (particulate matter 2.5 micrometers or less in size), PM 10 (particulate matter 10 micrometers or less in size), SO 2 (sulfur dioxide), and NO 2 (nitrogen dioxide). It was found that PM 2 . 5 had a significantly negative impact on both domestic and inbound tourist arrivals. Regarding the other three pollutant indicators, except for the negative influence of NO 2 on inbound tourist arrivals, no statistically significant impact was found. This study suggests that tourism policy makers should primarily focus on PM 2 . 5 , when considering the nexus between air quality and tourism development. According to our estimates, the negative impact of PM 2 . 5 on tourism is substantial. If the PM 2 . 5 concentration in the ambient air increases by 1 μ g/m 3 (= 0.001 mg/m 3 ), domestic and inbound tourist arrivals will decline by 0.482% and 1.227%, respectively. These numbers imply an average reduction of 81,855 person-times in annual domestic tourist arrivals and 12,269 in inbound tourist arrivals in each city.

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The Impacts of Different Air Pollutants on Domestic and Inbound Tourism in China

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“…Although several previous studies have empirically investigated the same research topic, there was no consensus on the magnitude of the impact of air pollution. For example, Liu et al [16] used PM 2.5 to measure the degree of air pollution in 17 undeveloped provinces in China during 2005-2015, and reported that air pollution had no statistically significant effect on inbound tourist arrivals. Differently, a study by Tang et al [17] indicated a significant and large impact of air pollution.…”

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Evaluating the Impact of Air Pollution on China’s Inbound Tourism: A Gravity Model Approach

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China’s inbound tourism grew very slowly in recent years. This study modelled China’s inbound tourism based on a gravity model with province-level inbound tourist arrivals data from 13 countries of origin between 2010 and 2016. It was found that air pollution in tourist destinations and origin regions both had significant negative impacts on China’s inbound tourism. On average, if the concentration of particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less (PM 2.5 ) in China and foreign countries increased by 1 μ g/m 3 , inbound tourist arrivals would decline by approximately 1.7% and 3.8%, respectively. The effect of pollution in destination regions is explained by the importance of clean air as a favored characteristic of tourist attractions. The effect of pollution in tourist origin countries is explained by more awareness of and concern about air pollution by potential tourists if they live in more polluted countries. Further analysis showed that the impact of air pollution in destination regions was larger for tourists coming from more polluted and Asian countries, and visiting less polluted and more popular destinations. This study has a clear policy implication: improving air quality can be considered as a straightforward and effective way to promote inbound tourism in China. If air quality in China can be substantially improved in the future, inbound tourist arrivals have the potential to rise by at least tens of millions of person-times.

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“…The research of the these studies mainly focuses on the accounting of carbon emissions from tourism, such as tourism destinations of different scales [1,4,8,9], individual tourism departments [10][11][12][13], and different types of tourism activities [5,14,15]. In recent years, based on the accounting of tourism carbon emissions, some scholars have begun to explore the key factors that affect tourism carbon emissions [16][17][18], the relationship between tourism carbon emissions and regional economic development [19][20][21], and the evaluation of regional tourism low-carbon strategy and policy [7,22].…”

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Low-Carbon Behaviour Performance of Scenic Spots in a World Heritage Site

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A low-carbon behaviour performance evaluation index system is designed by using a Delphi method in this study. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is applied to systematically measure the low-carbon behaviour performance of 32 scenic spots in Zhangjiajie, a world heritage site. The key driving factors that can significantly influence the low-carbon behaviour performance of the scenic spot are extracted by combining redundancy analysis (RDA). The results show that the scenic spots of Zhangjiajie performance well regarding low-carbon behaviour, however, there are still a great deal of room for improvement and promotion. Pressure from investors, the administration committees, tourists and local governments is the main driving factor for the low-carbon behaviour of scenic spot.

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Tourism Development, Environment and Policies: Differences between Domestic and International Tourists

Cited by 44 publications

References 39 publications

The Impacts of Different Air Pollutants on Domestic and Inbound Tourism in China

The Impacts of Different Air Pollutants on Domestic and Inbound Tourism in China

Evaluating the Impact of Air Pollution on China’s Inbound Tourism: A Gravity Model Approach

Low-Carbon Behaviour Performance of Scenic Spots in a World Heritage Site

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