Relationship among tourism, environmental degradation and economic growth : evidence from selected ASEAN countries / Ainun Mad Syukur

• Main Author: Mad Syukur, Ainun
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Malaysia; Economics; ASEAN; Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/42015/1/42015.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/42015/

The purpose of this project paper is to determine the relationship among tourism, environmental degradation and economic growth: evidence from selected Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) countries. This study selects 9 countries with 11 years of period from 2004 - 2014. Since this study is panel data, the method used in this project paper is pooled Ordinary Least Square (OLS), Fixed Effect model and Random Effect Model. This study adopted both descriptive and descriptive analysis in describing the data set and in investigating the relationship among Economic Growth and Tourism, Environmental Degradation and Trade Openness. Findings from the regression analysis reveal the significant relationship between Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Tourism, Environmental Degradation and Trade Openness. The regression result there is significant relationship between economic growth and tourism, environmental degradation and trade openness.