Authors
Luke Okafor, Usman Khalid, Laura Elizabeth Moreno Gama
Publication date
2023/9/17
Journal
Current Issues in Tourism
Volume
26
Issue
18
Pages
3040-3063
Publisher
Routledge
Description
This study investigates the link between COVID-19 economic policy response, the tourism industry, and digitalization by income levels. It also examines the moderating influence of income levels and digitalization on the underlying link between COVID-19 economic policy response and digitalization while controlling for the tourism sector. The results show that developing countries devoted fewer resources towards curbing the negative impact of the COVID-19 outbreak compared to developed countries. High-level of digital access in some developing countries, however, enabled them to introduce lower economic stimulus packages to lessen the impact of the outbreak on the tourism industry. The results also indicate that economies with a larger tourism sector accompanied by higher levels of digitalization devoted fewer public funds to COVID-19 economic stimulus packages. The influence of digitalization on the …
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L Okafor, U Khalid, LEM Gama - Current Issues in Tourism, 2023