CO 2 Emissions and tourism in developed and less developed countries

Carmelo J. Le�n, Jorge E. Arana and Anastasia Hern�ndez Alem�n

Applied Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 21, issue 16, 1169-1173

Abstract: Tourism is a major contributor to CO 2 emissions and therefore to climate change. In this article, we look at the relationships between CO 2 emissions and tourism in the context of both developed and less developed countries. We utilize a STIRPAT approach applied to a balanced panel data of developed and less developed countries for the period from 1998 to 2006. The results show that tourism contributes significantly to CO 2 emissions in both less developed and developed countries. However, the impact in developed countries is larger than in less developed countries. Tourism should find sustainable development paths involving less CO 2 emissions in the production and consumption of tourist services.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2014.916376

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