Investigating the environmental externalities of tourism development: evidence from Tanzania.

ABSTRACT: Tourism growth is an important component for welfare improvement in the host destination, but it can be associated with environmental degradation. The aim of the current study is to assess the environmental impacts of tourism growth in Tanzania, using time series data for the period 1995-2017. It utilizes ecological footprints as a proxy for environmental damage, tourism receipt as an economic indicator, and primary energy consumption, urban population, and trade openness as control variables. The study employs Autoregressive Distributed Lag Bounds Testing, Vector Error Correction Model (VECM), and Granger causality test for analysis and the Wild Bootstrap approach to check the accuracy of the computed statistics. The VECM Granger causality test shows that in the case of Tanzania, internat

SUBMITTER: Kyara VC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9213710 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature