The article titled “Eco-friendly technologies, international tourism and carbon emissions: Evidence from the most visited countries”, of which Prof. Seyfettin ERDOĞAN, a faculty member of the Department of Economics, is one of the authors, was published in the 180th issue of the Journal of Technological Forecasting and Social Change.
In their study, ERDOĞAN et al. stated that there is a strong relationship between the tourism sector and carbon emissions, since all tourism activities, from transportation to accommodation and excessive consumption, are heavily based on fossil fuel use or electricity consumption. Therefore, they emphasized that the tourism sector causes a significant environmental footprint on a global scale. Stating that transportation is the primary source of carbon emissions, especially from international tourism, ERDOĞAN et al., in the study, examined the regulatory effect of environmentally friendly innovations on the transportation sector for the relationship between international tourism and carbon emissions.
ERDOĞAN et al., who analyzed the relationship between tourism and carbon emissions using panel quantile regression with data between 1995 and 2018 for the most visited countries worldwide, stated that international tourism causes an increase in carbon emissions. They concluded that environmentally friendly industrial innovations in the transportation sector will eliminate the harmful effect of international tourism on carbon emissions. ERDOĞAN et al. emphasized that the empirical results obtained in the study are important for policy makers because the countries included in the analysis are committed to reducing their carbon emissions according to the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. They recommended these countries to attach more importance to innovative processes, especially in transportation, and to increase the share of innovation expenditures in GDP.
Erdoğan, Seyfettin, Gedikli, A., Cevik, E. I., & Erdoğan, F. (2022). Eco-friendly Technologies, International Tourism and Carbon Emissions: Evidence from the Most Visited Countries. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 180, 121705.