Abstract:
Using time-series and cross-section data of passenger-kilometers and according to the weight of tour among passenger, carbon emission of tourism transport is estimated in China. Results show that: (1) with the development of tourism, carbon emission in tourism transport increases quickly in the last three decades, in which emission of railway increases from 1.18 million tons to 6.72 million tons, emission increases from 1.34 million tons to 24.8 million tons for highways, while for waterways it decreases from 0.145 million tons to 0.078 million tons, and it changes from 0.351 million tons to 29.9 million tons for civil aviation; there is a linear relationship between carbon emission and number of tour; (2) using the cross-section data from 2006 to 2008, regional differences of carbon emissions from tourism transport are analyzed in China; high carbon emitting provinces for railway are Henan, Hebei and Hunan, Guangdong and Jiangsu are the high emission provinces for road, the high emission provinces for ship are Chongqing, Guangdong, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Shandong and Shanghai, while Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong are three highest provinces; then spatial distribution maps for carbon emissions of tourism transport are drawn. The study of estimation for tourism transport in China is refined deeply in this paper.
