This study searches the impact of tourism growth on emission pollutants in Cyprus (north), which is a small island in the Mediterranean and has shown significant development in hotel and casino sectors in the last two decades. Results from time-series analyses reveal that an inverted U-shaped EKC hypothesis is confirmed for Cyprus with and without tourism development. Tourism also exerts positively significant and long-term effects on the levels of carbon emissions, revealing that growth in the tourism sector causes degradation in the environment.

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估计旅游业增长对排放污染物的影响：来自塞浦路斯小岛的经验证据

本研究调查了旅游业增长对塞浦路斯（北部）排放污​​染物的影响，塞浦路斯是地中海的一个小岛，在过去的二十年中酒店和赌场业取得了显着的发展。时间序列分析的结果表明，无论有没有旅游业发展，塞浦路斯都证实了倒 U 形 EKC 假设。旅游业还对碳排放水平产生了积极而显着的长期影响，表明旅游业的增长会导致环境退化。