The impact of digital governance on tourism development

Gozgor, Giray; Lau, Chi Keung; Lin, Zhibin; Zeng, Yan

Abstract

This paper examines the impact of digital governance on inbound tourism using the panel dataset from 151 countries from 2000 to 2019. Fixed-effects and System Generalised Method of Moments estimations show that the internet shutdown capacity and practice decrease inbound tourism. Social media monitoring with strict rules also hinders inbound tourism. It is found that governance capacity and practical censorship implications negatively affect tourism activities. Several policy implications for the proper control of digital communications are also discussed.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 1, 2024
• Online Publication Date: May 10, 2024
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jan 21, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 22, 2025
• Journal: Journal of Digital Economy
• Electronic ISSN: 2773-0670
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 3
• Pages: 1-13
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdec.2024.05.003
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/13416181
• Additional Information: This article is maintained by: Elsevier; Article Title: The impact of digital governance on tourism development; Journal Title: Journal of Digital Economy; CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdec.2024.05.003; Content Type: article; Copyright: © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.