The impact of digital governance on tourism development

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.