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Examining the tourism-induced environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis for India

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  • Manu Sharma

    (Alliance University
    Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS))

  • Geetilaxmi Mohapatra

    (Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS))

  • Arun Kumar Giri

    (Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS))

  • Albert Wijeweera

    (Khalifa University of Science and Technology
    Southern Cross University)

  • Clevo Wilson

    (Faculty of Business and Law, Queensland University of Technology)

Abstract

This paper revisits the debate on the possible impact of tourism sector development on carbon emissions using annual time series data from 1980 to 2019. The present study is a pioneering attempt to estimate the threshold point for tourism-induced environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) for India. For this purpose, the autoregressive distributive lag model and block-exogeneity Granger non-causality test have been employed. The empirical results confirm a long-run cointegrating relationship between tourist sector development, real GDP per capita, energy consumption, urbanization and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in India. The results also indicate a positive and significant association between the tourism sector, economic growth, and carbon emissions in the long run and support the tourism-induced EKC hypothesis in India. Further, the study finds a long-run and short-run causal nexus between the variables. The findings also emphasize the need to rely less on the use of fossil fuels and instead transition to green energy production in the tourism industry. Given the size of the tourism industry in India, such practices would make a meaningful contribution to inclusive and sustainable development in the country.

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  • Manu Sharma & Geetilaxmi Mohapatra & Arun Kumar Giri & Albert Wijeweera & Clevo Wilson, 2025. "Examining the tourism-induced environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis for India," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 27(4), pages 9107-9126, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:27:y:2025:i:4:d:10.1007_s10668-023-04270-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-023-04270-1
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    Keywords

    Tourism development; Environmental Kuznets curve; CO2 emissions; ARDL; India;
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    JEL classification:

    • C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
    • Q43 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Energy and the Macroeconomy
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Z32 - Other Special Topics - - Tourism Economics - - - Tourism and Development

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