Abstract
This study analyses the composition and evolution of carbon dioxide emissions from the tourism industry in Heilongjiang Province and its 12 regions by the tourism consumption stripping coefficient method and calculates the decoupling relationship between the carbon dioxide emissions and economic growth of tourism from 2010 to 2019. The empirical results are as follows. (1) From 2010 to 2019, carbon dioxide emissions from Heilongjiang Province’s tourism industry and its subsector increased steadily, of which the tourism industry accounted for a relatively large amount of carbon dioxide emissions in “Transport, Storage, and Post.” (2) Time series analysis reveals that the carbon dioxide emissions of tourism basically show an increasing trend and there are still multiple decoupling relationships with economic growth. Expansive decoupling and weak decoupling have occurred more frequently. (3) Spatial analysis reveals that the carbon dioxide emissions of the regional tourism industry show a fluctuating upward trend. The tourism industry in Harbin has significantly higher carbon dioxide emissions than in other regions. In addition, this study provides feasible suggestions and countermeasures for low-carbon tourism development in Heilongjiang Province. The findings are considered useful in future planning of energy conservation and emission reduction in Heilongjiang Province and the regional tourism industry.
Highlights
Global climate change is one of the largest, most extensive, and most far-reaching challenges facing mankind in the 21st century
(1) From 2010 to 2019, carbon dioxide emissions from Heilongjiang Province’s tourism industry and its subsector increased steadily, of which the tourism industry accounted for a relatively large amount of carbon dioxide emissions in “Transport, Storage, and Post.” (2) Time series analysis reveals that the carbon dioxide emissions of tourism basically show an increasing trend and there are still multiple decoupling relationships with economic growth
(3) Spatial analysis reveals that the carbon dioxide emissions of the regional tourism industry show a fluctuating upward trend. e tourism industry in Harbin has significantly higher carbon dioxide emissions than in other regions
Summary
Global climate change is one of the largest, most extensive, and most far-reaching challenges facing mankind in the 21st century. Continued greenhouse gas emissions will cause further global warming and lead to changes in all components of the climate system. According to the IPCC Working Group I report, Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis, emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are responsible for approximately 1.1°C of warming since industrialization, and global temperature is expected to reach or exceed 1.5°C of warming [1]. As an important greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide emission due to energy consumption is one of the important factors in aggravating global climate change [2]. As for the tourism industry, due to the overexploitation of resources and energy consumption, it produces a certain amount of carbon dioxide emissions, which has exerted a growing influence on the ecological environment and climate change [3]
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