The study explores the impact of international tourism on consumption-based CO₂ emissions in the case of Azerbaijan for the period of 1995–2013. The results of the long-run estimations revealed that the relationship between CO₂ emissions and international tourism revenues is N-shaped. This finding also indicates that the EKC hypothesis does not hold in the case of Azerbaijan. The found curvature of the relationship and the positive impact of tourism on CO₂ emissions are in line with the expectations, considering the developing path of the country. Moreover, the impacts of imports and exports are found to be positive and negative, respectively, which are in line with the expectations and with the theoretical findings discussed in the theoretical framework section. The positive impact of tourism and the higher impact of imports highlights the importance of utilizing the environmentally friendly policies in tourism activities as well as in international trade relations.

该研究探讨了1995 -2013年间国际旅游业对以消费为基础的CO ₂排放的影响。长期估计的结果表明，CO ₂排放量与国际旅游收入之间的关系呈N形。这一发现还表明，在阿塞拜疆的情况下，EKC假设不成立。关系的曲率和旅游业对CO ₂的积极影响考虑到该国的发展道路，排放量符合预期。此外，发现进口和出口的影响分别为正面和负面影响，这与预期和理论框架部分讨论的理论发现是一致的。旅游业的积极影响和进口的更大影响，凸显了在旅游活动以及国际贸易关系中利用环境友好政策的重要性。