“…Researchers argue that these impacts can be mitigated if proper courses of action are taken (Dogru, Bulut, & Sirakaya, 2016; Western countries such as the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, China, and Turkey, in contrast, account for the majority of tourist arrivals and tourism receipts, and their contribution to GHG emissions due to tourism is greater as compared to low-income countries (León et al, 2014). In particular, the tourism industry has shown remarkable progress in these countries, which constitute the world's top seven most visited countries in 2014 (T-7, hereafter;Dogru, Sirakaya-Turk, & Crouch, 2017). Table 1 presents descriptive statistics of T-7 countries regarding tourism development, economic growth, and energy consumption.…”