Impacts of Environmental Regulations on Tourism Carbon Emissions

Qiao Chen, Yan Mao and Alastair M. Morrison
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Qiao Chen: School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan 430205, China
Yan Mao: School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan 430205, China
Alastair M. Morrison: Department of Marketing, Events and Tourism, Greenwich Business School, University of Greenwich, London SE10 9SL, UK

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 23, 1-16

Abstract: This research analyzed the impact of environmental regulations and their power in suppressing tourism carbon emissions. The results showed that: (1) four types of environmental regulations had significant inhibiting effects on tourism carbon emissions, but different types of regulations had varying effects; and (2) environmental regulations had a significant time lag effect on tourism carbon emissions. The decay rates of the environmental regulation effects were dissimilar for supervisory management, market incentives, command and control, and public participation; and (3) environmental regulations had dissimilar influences on tourism carbon emissions at the regional level. Government agencies should choose differentiated environmental regulation tools, attach great importance to the time-lag effect of environmental regulations on tourism carbon emissions, and establish systems and mechanisms of public participation in environmental matters.

Keywords: environmental regulations; tourism carbon emissions; public participation; command and control; market incentives; supervisory management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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