Disinformation ‘gatecrashes’ tourism: An empirical study

Pramukh Nanjundaswamy Vasist and Satish Krishnan

Annals of Tourism Research, 2023, vol. 101, issue C

Abstract: Disinformation poses a formidable threat to the tourism industry, but empirical studies remain limited. Recognizing this escalating crisis, this study undertakes a theoretically grounded cross-country investigation of political disinformation and its crippling consequences on the travel and tourism sector. While the pre-pandemic analysis from 2018 constituting 160 countries demonstrates the impact of foreign disinformation on the sector's performance, a supplemental analysis from 2021 comprising 117 countries highlights domestic disinformation emerging as a greater threat over disinformation from foreign operatives. Qualitative insights are presented for specific configurations. The study overcomes theoretical vagueness around disinformation as a phenomenon and provides a robust theoretical foundation anchored on agenda-building and soft power theories for the understanding of disinformation and its impact on tourism performance.

Keywords: Disinformation; Qualitative comparative analysis; Travel; Tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2023.103575

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