Tourism-energy-economy-environment nexus toward sustainable and green development in Malaysia
Issued Date
2025-08-01
Resource Type
eISSN
29497531
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-105006938076
Journal Title
Innovation and Green Development
Volume
4
Issue
4
Rights Holder(s)
SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Innovation and Green Development Vol.4 No.4 (2025)
Suggested Citation
Raihan A., Rahman S.M., Sarker T., Ridwan M., Sahoo M., Dhar B.K., Roshid M.M., Islam S., Zimon G., Bari A.M. Tourism-energy-economy-environment nexus toward sustainable and green development in Malaysia. Innovation and Green Development Vol.4 No.4 (2025). doi:10.1016/j.igd.2025.100257 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/110518
Title
Tourism-energy-economy-environment nexus toward sustainable and green development in Malaysia
Author's Affiliation
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University
University of Rajshahi
Noakhali Science and Technology University
University of Southern Queensland
Mahidol University
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Politechnika Rzeszowska im. Ignacego Łukasiewicza
Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University
University of Rajshahi
Noakhali Science and Technology University
University of Southern Queensland
Mahidol University
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Politechnika Rzeszowska im. Ignacego Łukasiewicza
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Abstract
This study investigated the impact of tourism on Malaysia's energy consumption, economic development, and environmental sustainability. The study employed a time series analysis from 1995 to 2020 using Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) to assess both short- and long-term dynamics. The estimation suggests that a 1 % increase in tourist arrivals, tourism expenditures, and tourism receipts would result in energy consumption increasing by 0.46 %, 0.47 %, and 0.64 % in the long term, and by 0.30 %, 0.31 %, and 0.51 % in the short term, respectively. Additionally, a 1 % rise in tourist arrivals, tourism expenditures, and tourism receipts would lead to a long-term increase in economic growth of 0.45 %, 0.47 %, and 0.54 %, respectively. In the short term, these increases would be 0.26 %, 0.32 %, and 0.40 %. Furthermore, a 1 % rise in tourist arrivals and tourism expenditures would result in a long-term increase of 0.32 % and 0.26 % in carbon emissions, and a short-term increase of 0.39 % and 0.29 %, respectively. The findings suggest that a 1 % rise in tourism receipts would lead to a reduction of 0.10 % in carbon emissions in the long term and 0.03 % in the short term. The results were validated using alternative cointegration regression methods. The study provides policy recommendations for sustainable tourism.