Tourism and sustainable development in China: a review

Chen, Haibo; Ayamba, Emmanuel Caesar; Udimal, Thomas Bilaliib; Agyemang, Andrew Osei; Appiah, Ruth

doi:10.1007/s11356-020-10016-7

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“…It is equally clear from the case study that Kruger National Park does put a lot of focus and emphasis on ensuring that it contributes to the socio-economic development of host communities. This is quite similar to other enterprises in the tourism industry that have focused on the same aspects [70][71][72]. This highlights the critical role that tourism plays in the global economy.…”

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Successes and Challenges in Sustainable Development Goals Localisation for Host Communities around Kruger National Park

Mabibibi¹,

Dube²,

Thwala³

2021

Sustainability

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Tourism has often been blamed for its unsustainable ways for a number of years now. Consequently, there have been efforts to ensure that tourism contributes to the host communities to address some of the sustainability challenges through responsible and sustainable tourism initiatives in the recent past. With less than nine years to go before the lapse of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is a need to take stock of how tourism enterprises such as national parks are contributing to the SDGs. This study examines how Kruger National Parks (KNP) is assisting the host communities in meeting the SDG goals and targets. The study made use of 30 in-depth key informant interviews, field observations and critical document analysis. The study found that regardless of the challenges it faces as an organization in partnering with host communities for developmental purposes, Kruger National Park has assisted communities to meet at least 15 out of the 17 SDGs. These span from social to economic, environmental and cultural SDGs. Since KNP’s projects address host community needs, several challenges need to be dealt with to ensure the sustainability of these projects post COVID-19 pandemic, which has undermined many nature tourism establishments worldwide. Besides the pandemic, there is a need to manage community expectations with regard to how far it can address some of the challenges faced by communities.

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Section: Discussion Of Key Resultssupporting

confidence: 80%

Successes and Challenges in Sustainable Development Goals Localisation for Host Communities around Kruger National Park

Mabibibi¹,

Dube²,

Thwala³

2021

Sustainability

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“…The tourism economy has multidimensional effects on the economy, environment, society, and policy of destinations, all of which have been widely discussed [54,55]. Therefore, conventional econometric analysis methods such as the mediation effect model cannot effectively reveal the systematic and multichannel characteristics of tourism economy in reducing carbon emission intensity.…”

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The Carbon Emission Reduction Effect of Tourism Economy and Its Formation Mechanism: An Empirical Study of China’s 92 Tourism-Dependent Cities

Tong

Zhang

2022

IJERPH

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The tourism economy is regarded as an effective way to realize regional sustainable development. Hence, it is of great significance to explore whether and how tourism economy can alleviate regional carbon emission intensity. To this end, a structural equation model (SEM) reflecting the multiple pathways of the carbon emission reduction effect of tourism economy was constructed based on 92 tourism-dependent cities in China, and the existence and formation mechanism of the carbon emission reduction effect of tourism economy were empirically tested. The main findings are as follows: (1) The tourism economy has a significant carbon emission reduction effect in China. Although the direct impact of tourism economy on carbon emission intensity is significantly positive, the indirect impact is significantly negative and stronger than the direct impact. (2) The carbon emission reduction effect of tourism economy presents multiple pathways characteristics. There are single intermediary pathways such as Tourism Economy → Environmental Regulation → Carbon Emission Intensity, Tourism Economy → Opening-Up → Carbon Emission Intensity, and dual intermediary pathways such as Tourism Economy → Opening-Up → Industrial Development → Carbon Emission Intensity, Tourism Economy → Opening-Up → Innovation Capacity → Carbon Emission Intensity. (3) The formation mechanism of the carbon emission reduction effect of tourism economy presents obvious spatial heterogeneity.

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“…To this end, China’s 14th Five-Year period (2021–205) includes a particular development plan for the tourism sector. In addition, the country has had successful experiences in ecotourism (e.g., Kanas Lake, Mount Kawa Karpo, Changqing National Nature Reserve, and Changbai Mountains) in the last decade that is not enough for the vast geographical surface of China (Haibo et al 2020 ) and should be promoted in the post-COVID era.…”

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confidence: 99%

An economic analysis of sustainable tourism development in China

Chen¹,

Zhang

Chen

2023

Econ Change Restruct

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The threat of climate change and the advancement of sustainable development goals to control this threat have been among the countries priorities. The tourism sector can be essential in promoting sustainable development goals by implementing sustainable processes. The primary purpose of this research is to focus on 23 provinces of China to analyze the sustainable tourism modeling according to the annual data for 2010–2021. The findings confirm that for all Chinese provinces, the increase in the general level of prices has a significant and long-term adverse effect on the sustainable development of the tourism industry in the provinces of China. In contrast, the effect of this variable is not significant in the short term. Moreover, the impact of foreign direct investment on the sustainable development of the tourism industry in the short term and the long term is positive in high-income provinces and negative in low-income provinces. The recommended practical policies promote a green financing market and green FDI development.

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Tourism and sustainable development in China: a review

Cited by 43 publications

References 44 publications

Successes and Challenges in Sustainable Development Goals Localisation for Host Communities around Kruger National Park

Successes and Challenges in Sustainable Development Goals Localisation for Host Communities around Kruger National Park

The Carbon Emission Reduction Effect of Tourism Economy and Its Formation Mechanism: An Empirical Study of China’s 92 Tourism-Dependent Cities

An economic analysis of sustainable tourism development in China

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