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- Title
Hazards of Tourism-Generated Environmental Pollution and Measurement of Tourism Efficiency in Western China.
- Authors
Renpeng Zhu
- Abstract
Western China is home to rich tourism resources. But environmental concerns have trodden on heels due to its lack of market competition mechanism, less investment, and outdated facilities. Apart from improper planning, unscientific management, and extensive development mode, low tourism efficiency creates another serious potential baffle. To give a further analysis of the hazards of environmental pollution in Western China, and measure the tourism efficiency, this study, by reference to articles of this field across the world, summed up the types of the hazards, and figured out by DEA-Malmquist Index the tourism efficiencies of 12 provinces in western China during the years 2010-2016. After that, this study put forth detailed measures for the environmental issues. As measurement and the results show, a pile of studies have pointed out that developing countries tend to face environmental pollution because of improper tourism planning, unscientific management, and extensive development mode. Such environmental defects of tourism can be found from air and water pollution, garbage, and destroyed biodiversity. During the seven years in question, all of the 12 provinces did not reach total factor productivity growth. While technical efficiency declined by 16% with pure technical efficiency down by 14%, they also saw an average of decrease in technical progress and scale efficiency by 2.1% and 2.5% respectively. To solve these problems, this study laid down steps of reinforced establishment of tourism environmental protection supervision, publicity and education mechanisms, as well as establishment of public involvement in environmental protection, environmental protection reward and punishment compensation, and scenic spot environmental early-warning mechanisms. In a word, the obtained conclusions have positive reference value to understand environmental pollution from tourism and realize a balance of tourism growth and environmental protection in Western China.
- Subjects
CHINA; TOURISM &; the environment; ECONOMIC competition; TOURISM management; ENVIRONMENTAL protection
- Publication
Nature Environment & Pollution Technology, 2018, Vol 17, Issue 3, p857
- ISSN
0972-6268
- Publication type
Article