TY - JOUR
T1 - The Economic, Carbon Emission, and Water Impacts of Chinese Visitors to Taiwan
T2 - Eco-efficiency and Impact Evaluation
AU - Sun, Ya Yen
AU - Pratt, Stephen
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The authors are grateful to the Taiwan National Science Council for their financial support (under NSC 101-2410-H-390-030).
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© The Author(s) 2014.
PY - 2014/11/27
Y1 - 2014/11/27
N2 - China outbound tourism contributes substantial foreign receipts but also creates carbon and water footprints at destinations. This study is set out to analyze whether this tourist segment is a preferred market from the economic and environmental perspectives. Using Taiwan as an example, the direct carbon emission per dollar and total carbon footprint per Chinese inbound visitor is about 20% more efficient than other markets because of a high consumption pattern, longer length of stay, and closer distance between the two regions. However, one unsatisfactory area is the total water footprint because of their high spending on food-related souvenirs that generates substantial water requirements from the agriculture sector. When forecasting the estimated growth of Chinese visitors in Taiwan to 2016, an additional 0.8% increase in economic output is expected at the expense of a 2.7% increase in CO2 emissions and a 3.0% increase in water use.
AB - China outbound tourism contributes substantial foreign receipts but also creates carbon and water footprints at destinations. This study is set out to analyze whether this tourist segment is a preferred market from the economic and environmental perspectives. Using Taiwan as an example, the direct carbon emission per dollar and total carbon footprint per Chinese inbound visitor is about 20% more efficient than other markets because of a high consumption pattern, longer length of stay, and closer distance between the two regions. However, one unsatisfactory area is the total water footprint because of their high spending on food-related souvenirs that generates substantial water requirements from the agriculture sector. When forecasting the estimated growth of Chinese visitors in Taiwan to 2016, an additional 0.8% increase in economic output is expected at the expense of a 2.7% increase in CO2 emissions and a 3.0% increase in water use.
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U2 - 10.1177/0047287513517420
DO - 10.1177/0047287513517420
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84898946879
VL - 53
SP - 733
EP - 746
JO - Journal of Travel Research
JF - Journal of Travel Research
SN - 0047-2875
IS - 6
ER -