Impact of Tourism on Sustainable Development in Bahrain

Abstract

The idea of sustainable development has received much attention in socioeconomic literature in recent decades. Sustainable development aims to meet the demands of the present generation while maintaining a high standard of living for future generations. Since Bahrain is an oil-rich country, and its major share of energy is a fossil fuel which contributes significantly to the environment and sustainability. This study examines the impact of tourism on sustainable development in Bahrain. However, energy and urbanization also influence sustainable development. Therefore, the present study quantifies the relationship between tourism development and sustainable development along with energy and urbanization. The bound’s testing method is applied to examine the impact of mentioned explanatory variables on sustainable development after finding the integration order. The results show that tourism is productive to sustainable development, while urbanization and energy consumption are detrimental to sustainable development. Policy recommendations are discussed for sustainable development in Bahrain.