Modeling tourism impacts on air pollution: The case study of PM10 in Mallorca |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (IMEDEA UIB/CSIC), Miquel Marques 21, 07190 Esporles, Illes Balears, Spain;2. Institut de Ciencies del Mar CSIC, Psg. Maritim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain;3. Direccio General de Pesca, Foners 10, 07006 Palma, Spain;1. Institute of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, Department of Environment and Society, College of Natural Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322, USA;2. Department of Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management, University of Florida, FLG 186A, P.O. Box 118208, Florida Gym, Gainesville, 32611, USA;3. Department of Geography, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea;1. Department of Economics, National Chi Nan University, 1 University Road, Puli, Nantou 54561, Taiwan;2. Department of Marketing Management, Takming University of Science and Technology, Taipei City 11451, Taiwan;3. Department of International Business Studies, National Chi Nan University, Puli, Nantou 54561, Taiwan;1. School of Business, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai, 201306, China;2. Faculty of Professional Finance & Accountancy, Shanghai Business School, Shanghai, 200235, China;3. College of Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, China;4. School of Urban and Regional Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China;1. Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic;2. Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 118, 61200 Brno, Czech Republic;3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic;4. Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic;5. Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic;6. Department of Forest Management and Applied Geoinformatics, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic;7. Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 656/123, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic |
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| Abstract: | Tourism has begun to be acknowledged as being a significant contributor to the increase in environmental externalities, especially to climate ch ange. Various studies have started to estimate and compute the role of the different tourism sectors that contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These estimations have been made from a sectorial perspective, assessing the contribution of air transport, accommodation or other tourism-related economic sectors. In contrast with this and in order to evaluate the impact of tourism on air pollution from a joint perspective, this paper explores the relationship between daily concentrations of PM10 and the number of tourists in Mallorca (Spain). The results show that the daily stock of tourists is not only a significant predictor of air pollution concentration levels but also a variable whose inclusion improves the standard specification of urban air pollution models that have the common feature of using weather conditions as main explanatory variables. Furthermore, by using a Generalized Additive Model in its semi-parametric form it is shown that a 1% increase in tourist numbers can be related to up to a 0.45% increase in PM10 concentration levels. |
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| Keywords: | Tourism Transport Air pollution Mallorca |
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