Haze and inbound tourism: Empirical evidence from China

Frontiers in Psychology

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Wenzhi Wu¹  Xin Xia²  Chunyu Cui³  Fudong Qiu¹ 

[1] Faculty of Economics and Management, East China Normal University;Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, Donghua University;Management College, Ocean University of China

关键词: Haze;    Inbound tourism;    PM2.5;    Crowding-out effect;    China;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1056673

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The impact of climate change on tourism has always been an important topic for research in the field of international tourism. In recent years, haze has been widely recognized as the primary negative factor affecting the development of inbound tourism in China. In this study, we conduct a theoretical analysis of the mechanism through which haze influences the tourism industry, and then we empirically analyze the impact on China’s inbound tourism using surface particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations as a proxy for haze, based on provincial panel data from 1998 to 2016. The empirical results show that haze not only has an inhibitory effect on inbound tourism, but it also significantly reduces the average length of stay of international tourists. In addition, while there are significant regional differences in the crowding-out effect of haze pollution on inbound tourism, the effect varies depending on the origin of inbound tourists, exhibiting the greatest negative impact on inbound tourism from Taiwan and the smallest from foreign countries.

【 授权许可】

CC BY