Estimating the effects of tourism growth on emission pollutants: empirical evidence from a small island, Cyprus

Katircioglu S., Saqib N., Katircioglu S., Kilinc C. Ç., Gul H.

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, vol.13, no.4, pp.391-397, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 13 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s11869-020-00803-z
  • Journal Name: Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
  • Page Numbers: pp.391-397
  • Keywords: Tourism, EKC, Energy consumption, Small island, Cyprus, INDUCED ENERGY-CONSUMPTION, ECONOMIC-GROWTH, HIGHER-EDUCATION, CO2 EMISSIONS, INTERNATIONAL TOURISM, BOUNDS TEST, HYPOTHESIS, POLLUTION, SINGAPORE, IMPACT
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

© 2020, Springer Nature B.V.This study searches the impact of tourism growth on emission pollutants in Cyprus (north), which is a small island in the Mediterranean and has shown significant development in hotel and casino sectors in the last two decades. Results from time-series analyses reveal that an inverted U-shaped EKC hypothesis is confirmed for Cyprus with and without tourism development. Tourism also exerts positively significant and long-term effects on the levels of carbon emissions, revealing that growth in the tourism sector causes degradation in the environment.