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. 2023 Mar;30(11):30588-30602.
doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-24062-w. Epub 2022 Nov 28.

The role of economic conditions and sustainable rural development on the sustainability of tourism development: evidence from China

Chenlei Xue  1 , Yu-Te Tu  2 , Mohammed Ananzeh  3 , Ahmad Ibrahim Aljumah  4 , Lam Minh Trung  5 , Thanh Quang Ngo  6   7
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The role of economic conditions and sustainable rural development on the sustainability of tourism development: evidence from China

Chenlei Xue et al. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Mar.

Abstract

At present, tourism is counted among those industries which have gained global attention due to rapid growth. Hence, a constant diversification in terms of destination is needed in tourism development. The recent trends of industry highlight the demand of alternative tourism types, among which nature-related tourism appears to be an emerging concept. In this regard, the present article investigates the impact of economic conditions and sustainable rural development on the sustainability of tourism development in China. The current research has gathered secondary data from the World Bank from 1981 to 2020. The quartile autoregressive distributed lag model has been applied to test the association between the variables. The results revealed that GDP, inflation, FDI, exchange rate, energy use, gross savings, and sustainable rural development have a significant and positive association with the sustainability of tourism development in China. Findings offer managerial implications recommending the local government to focus on the sustainability of rural development and economic conditions that may lead to the implementation of tourism-related development projects. This study also guides the policymakers in establishing policies related to tourism development using different economic conditions and sustainable rural development.

Keywords: Energy use; Exchange rate; Foreign direct investment; Gross domestic product; Gross savings; Inflation; Sustainable rural development; Tourism development.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Revenue from tourism in China (WDI)
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