Revolutionising tourism development in China: an effective role of ICT and Western Silk Road project

ABSTRACT

This study has examined the role of information and communication technology (ICT) and Silk Road infrastructure for tourism development of China. The investigation also explored the tourism-led economic growth hypothesis for the nation of China. The findings of the examination specified that the emergence of ICT has a positive effect on tourism development in China. Moreover, the infrastructure also plays a vital role in the development of international tourism in China. The current investigation analysed the tourism-led growth hypothesis and found that tourist arrivals have a significant share in the economic growth of China. The study revealed that the adoption of ICT magnifies the tourism development that led to economic growth. .

KEYWORDS:

• ICT
• tourism development
• economic growth
• Western Silk Road project
• infrastructure
• ARDL
• Granger causality
• TLGH
• Chinese tourism industry
• population

JEL Classification:

• Z30
• Z32

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes

1 Due to non-availability of quarterly data, we converted annual data into quarter, based on time trend found in variables. The study used E-views 10 (statistical software) for the said purpose.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China: [Grant Number 71473036,71673043].