Taking the bad with the good: The nexus between tourism and environmental degradation in the lower middle-income Southeast Asian economies

• Main Authors: Ahmad, F., Draz, M.U., Su, L., Rauf, A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2019
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85067560808&doi=10.1016%2fj.jclepro.2019.06.138&partnerID=40&md5=f8e26042cc0580c4c832e4274e6f9b49; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/24947/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

The contribution of tourism to economic development is an open secret but it is a double-edged sword. The opportunity cost for this significant share is environmental degradation without required measures to protect the environment. Using the Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squared approach from 1995...