School of Economics and trade, Hubei University of Economics, No. 8 Yangqiaohu Avenue, Canglong Island Development Zone, Jiangxia District, Wuhan City, 430205, Hubei Province, China.
School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, No. 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan City, 430074, Hubei Province, China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Jun;28(23):30278-30293. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-12706-2. Epub 2021 Feb 15.
The global level of climate change agreement and the extensive development of China's industrialization process have caused China to face severe pressures regarding energy conservation and emission reduction. Tourism industry plays an important role in promoting steady economic growth and improving ecological environment in China. The agglomeration economic effect it produces can reduce carbon emissions, but the crowding effect may not be conducive to low carbon development. Therefore, how to reduce carbon emissions while promoting the development of tourism industry has become an urgent problem. This paper measures the level of tourism industry agglomeration and carbon emission in 30 regions of China and uses the method of spatial econometrics to analyze the impact of tourism industry agglomeration on carbon emissions. The empirical results prove that tourism industry agglomeration can reduce the carbon emissions of local and neighboring regions in China. However, this does not mean that the larger the scale of tourism industry agglomeration, the more conducive to the reduction of carbon emissions. For developed tourism groups, the impact of agglomeration effect on carbon emissions of local and adjacent areas shows a U-shaped relationship. When the agglomeration level exceeds 1.963, the expansion of agglomeration scale will increase local carbon emissions. For underdeveloped tourism areas, there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between agglomeration level and carbon emissions both in local and adjacent areas. When the agglomeration level reaches 1.883, the expansion of agglomeration scale will reduce local carbon emissions. The conclusions provide a basis for Chinese government to guide the low-carbon development of the tourism industry from another perspective.
全球气候变化协议的水平和中国工业化进程的广泛发展，使中国面临着节能和减排的巨大压力。旅游业在中国促进经济稳定增长和改善生态环境方面发挥着重要作用。它产生的集聚经济效应可以减少碳排放，但集聚效应可能不利于低碳发展。因此，如何在促进旅游业发展的同时减少碳排放已成为一个紧迫的问题。本文测算了中国 30 个地区的旅游业集聚度和碳排放水平，并采用空间计量经济学方法分析了旅游业集聚对碳排放的影响。实证结果证明，旅游业集聚可以降低中国本地和周边地区的碳排放。然而，这并不意味着旅游业集聚的规模越大，越有利于减少碳排放。对于发达的旅游群体，集聚效应对本地和周边地区碳排放的影响呈 U 型关系。当集聚水平超过 1.963 时，集聚规模的扩大将增加本地的碳排放。对于欠发达的旅游地区，本地和周边地区的集聚水平与碳排放之间存在着倒 U 型关系。当集聚水平达到 1.883 时，集聚规模的扩大将减少本地的碳排放。这些结论为中国政府从另一个角度引导旅游业的低碳发展提供了依据。
