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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Environ. Sci.
Sec. Environmental Economics and Management
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1440510

International tourism carbon footprint and carbon transfer along the Belt and Road regions

Provisionally accepted
Hong Shi Hong Shi 1Taohong Li Taohong Li 2*Ruyu Yan Ruyu Yan 1*Ning (Chris) Chen Ning (Chris) Chen 3Yun Ren Yun Ren 4*
  • 1 Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, China
  • 2 Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan, China
  • 3 University of Canterbury, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
  • 4 Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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    It is increasingly urgent to constantly monitor and analyze the carbon emission of international tourism activities. This paper focuses on countries and regions along the Belt and Road (B&R), utilizes the MRIO model to approximate international tourism carbon footprint (ITCT), and analyzes the patterns of carbon transfer. Panel model is further applied to discuss the effects of various influencing factors. The results show that: 1) in 2015, ITCT along the B&R accounts for approximately 40.74% of global carbon emission of the year; 2) ITCT along the B&R experienced continuous growth from 2005 to 2015, with an annual growth rate of 3.22%; 3) individual income level, urbanization, and air passenger volume in the countries along the B&R has positive impact on ITCT, which varies according to the income level of the country. The results are of significance for countries and regions along the B&R to formulate future policies for tourism development.

    Keywords: The belt and road, MRIO model, International tourism carbon footprint, Tourism development, Global carbon emission

    Received: 29 May 2024; Accepted: 13 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Shi, Li, Yan, Chen and Ren. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Taohong Li, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, Sichuan, China
    Ruyu Yan, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, China
    Yun Ren, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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