Do hotel industry operations deteriorate air quality?

Liang-Ju Wang, Ming-Hsiang Chen, Zhandong Yang and Ching-Hui (Joan) Su
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Liang-Ju Wang: 12531Anhui University of Finance and Economics, China
Ming-Hsiang Chen: Washington State University, USA
Zhandong Yang: 47838Beijing Sport University, China
Ching-Hui (Joan) Su: 1177Iowa State University, USA

Tourism Economics, 2022, vol. 28, issue 7, 1961-1970

Abstract: This study proposes and tests two hypotheses concerning the effects of hotel industry operations on air quality based on data of 26 major tourist cities in China from 2002 to 2017. The empirical analyses take two steps. In the first step, panel regression test results reveal that hotel industry operations (measured by hotel sales revenue) significantly raise the value of particulate matter (PM) 2.5 (the key indicator of air quality), supporting the first hypothesis that hotel industry operations deteriorate air quality and providing empirical evidence of the adverse impact of the hotel industry on air quality. In the second step, subsample analyses support the second hypothesis that the impact of hotel sales revenue on air quality diminishes over time. The results from the rolling regression tests validate the existence of a diminishing effect of hotel industry operations on air quality.

Keywords: air quality; China; hotel industry operations; panel data regression; rolling regression test (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/13548166211022423

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