The impacts of ICTs on tourism development: International evidence based on a panel quantile approach

Chien-Chiang Lee (), Mei-Ping Chen (), Wenmin Wu () and Wenwu Xing ()
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Wenmin Wu: Nanchang University
Wenwu Xing: Nanchang University

Information Technology & Tourism, 2021, vol. 23, issue 4, No 2, 509-547

Abstract: Abstract Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have transformed the travel and leisure sector worldwide, yet until now there are no studies presenting international evidence of the different impacts of ICTs (i.e., Internet usage, secure Internet servers, mobile cellular subscriptions, high-technology export, communications as well as computer, and fixed broadband subscriptions) on tourism development (i.e., international traveler arrivals, increased international tourism receipts, and travel and leisure sector returns) by considering countries with different tourism development processes (e.g., high or low tourism development quantile). It is possible that ICTs have diverse or non-linear impacts on countries undergoing varying tourism development processes. Using international data based on a new panel quantile approach, this research thus aims to explore whether ICTs affect tourism development and looks into the possible asymmetric and non-linear relationships among the many variables. Results show that increasing mobile cellular subscriptions, secure Internet servers, and fixed broadband subscriptions have greater positive effects on traveler arrivals. ICTs also asymmetrically and non-linearly influence tourism across different quantiles. Non-global financial sub-periods and developing nations gain benefits from ICTs’ establishment. Lastly, there are geographic differences in the ICTs-tourism nexus.

Keywords: Tourism development; Information and communication technologies (ICTs); Non-linear; Travel and leisure sector; Panel quantile regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 D83 Z32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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