The Influence of Tourism on Deforestation and Biodiversity

Zdravko Šergo, Anita Silvana Ilak Peršuric and Ivan Matoševic
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Zdravko Šergo: Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, Porec, Croatia
Anita Silvana Ilak Peršuric: Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, Porec, Croatia
Ivan Matoševic: DIU LIBERTAS International University, Zagreb, Croatia

Academica Turistica - Tourism and Innovation Journal, 2014, vol. 7, issue 2, 153-168

Abstract: Sustainable use of space is often influenced by human activities causing adverse effects on biodiversity. Human impact on land and its natural reserves is very obvious in the case of forests. International tourism as an income-generating human activity also affects biodiversity and forests. Therefore, this paper analyses international tourism arrivals as a factor influencing deforestation in a global framework. The Mankiw, Romer and Weil (1992) growth model is applied to estimate the rate of deforestation, using the rate of change of tourism arrivals, economic growth rate, and population growth rate. Descriptive and inferential analysis was used to explain the various cross-national data used in this paper.

Keywords: deforestation; convergence; real GDP per capita (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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