Title :
The impact of information industry development to convergence of regional tourism
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Humanities & Economic Manage., China Univ. of Geosci., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Taking regional information industry development index into the convergence model of regional tourism, this paper explored the function of the information industry in promoting regional inbound tourism, especially for the less-developed regions. Based on the data of 31 provincial units across eastern, central and western China, from the year 1985 to 2007, a conclusion is drawn by empirical study that the development of regional information industry has played a very important role in the convergence of China´s inbound tourism.
Keywords :
information industry; travel industry; central China; eastern China; promoting regional inbound tourism; regional information industry development; western China; Communication industry; Convergence; Economics; Equations; Geology; Industrial control; Manufacturing industries; Taylor series; Testing; Trade agreements; convergence; empirical study; inbound tourism; information industry;
Conference_Titel :
Service Systems and Service Management, 2009. ICSSSM '09. 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xiamen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3661-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3662-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSSSM.2009.5174873
