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Fishing for answers? Impacts of marine ecosystem quality on coastal tourism demand
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This article examines the impact of marine ecosystem quality on inbound coastal tourism in the Baltic, North Sea, and Mediterranean countries. Using marine protected areas (MPAs) and the fraction of overexploited species as a proxy for marine ecosystem quality, we apply an autoregressive distributed lag model in a destination–origin panel setup. The empirical findings suggest that the presence of MPAs and the fraction of overexploited species have a considerable impact on inbound coastal tourism. Moreover, the impact of the overexploitation index on tourism is persistent and its short-term (current) impact constitutes 65% of the long-term impact. The results underscore the importance of marine ecosystem quality for inbound coastal tourism and its overall impact that may exceed the impact of tourists’ income. We also find that government performance is crucial for inbound tourism.
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The authors acknowledge the European Union 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7) project VECTORS (Vectors of changes in marine life, impact on economic sectors), grant agreement no: 266445, under which the present research has been developed. Vladimir Otrachshenko wishes to thank financial support from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal (PEst-OE/EGE/UI0124/2013). All opinions expressed are those of the authors and have not been endorsed by the FP7 and the FCT.
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coastal tourism government performance marine ecosystem quality marine protected area overexploitation index panel data SDG 14 - Life Below Water