Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2022.2127417
Empirical linkages between ICT, tourism, and trade towards sustainable environment: evidence from BRICS countries
Syed Zeeshan Zafar
Qiao Zhilin
Fatma Mabrouk
Edwin Ramirez-Asis
Haitham M. Alzoubi
Sanil S. Hishan
Mivumbi Michel
Abstract
There is a growing utilisation of information and communication
technologies (ICT) in the recent digital era. Trade and tourism
have also attained attention as determinants of environmental
sustainability. Therefore, this study investigates linkages between
ICT, tourism, trade, economic growth, and environmental sustainability
in BRICS economies. Advanced panel estimation entitled
cross-sectionally augmented autoregressive distributed lags (CSARDL)
was applied from 1990 to 2019. Findings suggest the
adverse effect of tourism, trade, and growth factors on environmental
sustainability, whereas ICT helps promote a sustainable
environment among the targeted economies. Likewise, the shortrun
results prove that economic growth and tourism are prone to
ecological health, while trade possesses an insignificant influence
on ecological sustainability. These results suggest the integration
of ICT in trade and tourism sectors to mitigate their negative ecological
consequences.
Keywords
ICT; tourism; trade; economic growth; BRICS
Hrčak ID:
306672
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Publication date:
30.4.2023.
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