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Environmental sustainability and tourism growth: convergence or compensation?

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  • Viviana Torres-Díaz

    (Universidad Internacional del Ecuador
    University of Vigo)

  • María de la Cruz del Río-Rama

    (University of Vigo, As Lagoas S/n)

  • José Álvarez-García

    (Instituto Universitario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Territorial Sostenible (INTERRA))

  • Biagio Simonetti

    (University of Sannio
    WSB University in Gdansk
    National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV))

Abstract

In addition to the socio-economic advantages, tourism has been proven to be one of the most important sectors with adverse environmental effects. Therefore, this study examines the relationship between tourism and environmental sustainability by using a panel data from 32 countries in Latin America and the European Union for the period 2000–2019. Several techniques of cointegration and convergence of clusters are used to meet this objective. The empirical results show that on average, tourism growth has a negative impact on the environment in the two groups of countries, which could be attributed to the heterogeneity of the level of regional tourism development. On the other hand, the convergence of tourism growth and environmental sustainability is evident at different adjustment speeds in the different sample panels. It generates empirical evidence on whether the current expansion of the tourism sector in Latin American and European countries entails significant environmental externalities by using the ecological footprint variable as an indicator of environmental sustainability and foreign tourist arrivals as an economic indicator.

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  • Viviana Torres-Díaz & María de la Cruz del Río-Rama & José Álvarez-García & Biagio Simonetti, 2025. "Environmental sustainability and tourism growth: convergence or compensation?," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 59(3), pages 2129-2152, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:qualqt:v:59:y:2025:i:3:d:10.1007_s11135-024-01906-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s11135-024-01906-w
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