Sarpong Steve Yaw, Bein Murad A, Gyamfi Bright Akwasi, Sarkodie Samuel Asumadu
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Cyprus International University, Nicosia, North Cyprus, Via Mersin 10, Turkey.
Cyprus International University, Nicosia, North Cyprus, Via Mersin 10, Turkey.
Heliyon. 2020 Nov 6;6(11):e05351. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05351. eCollection 2020 Nov.
Improving wellbeing and livelihoods exemplify the third Sustainable Development Goal. Literature related to the tourism-renewable energy-quality of life nexus is limited and lacks consensus. This study contributes to the debate and examines the influence of international tourism arrival (TA), real international tourism receipts (TR), and renewable energy consumption (REC) on quality of life (QoL) by using a panel of 8 Southern African countries spanning 1995-2017. The results found a significant positive and long-run relationship between TA, TR, and QoL. A significant negative effect was found between REC, trade openness (TO), and QoL while urbanization (Urb) had an insignificant negative impact on QoL. A unidirectional causal relationship was found running from QoL to TR and bidirectional causality between QoL and REC. Feedback causality was found between QoL and Urb and unidirectional causality from QoL to TO. The results imply that tourism is an effective economic tool for improving human development in Southern Africa.
改善福祉和生计是第三个可持续发展目标的例证。与旅游、可再生能源和生活质量之间的关系相关的文献有限且缺乏共识。本研究通过使用1995年至2017年期间8个南部非洲国家的面板数据,对这一争论做出了贡献,并考察了国际旅游入境人数(TA)、实际国际旅游收入(TR)和可再生能源消费(REC)对生活质量(QoL)的影响。结果发现,TA、TR与QoL之间存在显著的正相关和长期关系。REC、贸易开放度(TO)与QoL之间存在显著的负向影响,而城市化(Urb)对QoL的负面影响不显著。发现从QoL到TR存在单向因果关系,QoL与REC之间存在双向因果关系。发现QoL与Urb之间存在反馈因果关系,从QoL到TO存在单向因果关系。结果表明,旅游业是改善南部非洲人类发展的有效经济工具。