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Effects of environmental regulation on tourism industry development: Evidence from China

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  • Tiantian, Guo
  • Wang, Jianchao
  • Tao, Ran
  • Yang, Liu
  • Lan, Xi

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This paper examines the effects of environmental regulations on tourism industry development from 2005 to 2022 in China. The study first found that environmental regulation can significantly improve the development of tourism industry, after a series of robustness tests, the conclusion is still valid. Second, the environmental regulation significantly promoted the development of the tourism industry in the eastern region, but had no significant impact on the development of the tourism industry in the central and western regions.Finally, mechanism test finds that the environmental regulation improves the development of the tourism industry by improving the level of regional green innovation, the urban industrial structure and public governance.The research of this paper is helpful to evaluate the implementation effect of environmental regulation and develop the tourism industry has a reasonable reference value.

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  • Tiantian, Guo & Wang, Jianchao & Tao, Ran & Yang, Liu & Lan, Xi, 2025. "Effects of environmental regulation on tourism industry development: Evidence from China," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 1036-1044.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecanpo:v:88:y:2025:i:c:p:1036-1044
    DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.10.012
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