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Editorial Note: Does an improved HDI trigger tourism outflows for China? New evidence from the ARDL cointegration approach

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The PLOS One Editors issue this Editorial Note to inform readers of the following issues that were noted after this article’s [1] publication:

  • The work cited in this article [1] as Reference 24 was retracted after the article’s publication date. PLOS considers that this reference is not crucial in supporting the research or conclusions reported in [1].
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Reference

  1. 1. Akbar A, Nawaz F, Hui X, Ullah I, Akbar M, Zidova V, et al. Does an improved HDI trigger tourism outflows for China? New evidence from the ARDL cointegration approach. PLoS One. 2025;20(7):e0328445. pmid:40743253

Citation: The PLOS One Editors (2026) Editorial Note: Does an improved HDI trigger tourism outflows for China? New evidence from the ARDL cointegration approach. PLoS One 21(6): e0351364. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0351364

Published: June 11, 2026

Copyright: © 2026 The PLOS One Editors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.