Exploring and Evaluating the Impact of ICTs on Culture and Tourism Industries’ Convergence: Evidence from China

Information and communications technologies (ICTs) have been driving the digital revolution of all industries worldwide. Industrial convergence constitutes a new feature and trend of contemporary industrial development and has received extensive attention from the media and public. However, the inte...

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Autores principales:	Chunbo Zhou, Marios Sotiriadis
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	industrial economics cultural tourism information and communication technologies market-oriented reforms dynamic panel data estimation threshold effect Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d0520fb7d72e4399b95f5ab347183a992021-11-11T19:29:47ZExploring and Evaluating the Impact of ICTs on Culture and Tourism Industries’ Convergence: Evidence from China10.3390/su1321117692071-1050https://doaj.org/article/d0520fb7d72e4399b95f5ab347183a992021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/11769https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050Information and communications technologies (ICTs) have been driving the digital revolution of all industries worldwide. Industrial convergence constitutes a new feature and trend of contemporary industrial development and has received extensive attention from the media and public. However, the interrelationship between the two concepts—industrial convergence and ICTs—remains under-researched. This paper aims to explore and evaluate the ICTs’ impact on industrial convergence by focusing on the interrelationship between culture and tourism. The study takes an industrial economics perspective with a specific focus on the multi-dimensional (direct, moderated, and threshold) effects. A research framework was suggested synthesizing three econometric models and encompassing three hypotheses. The research model was then empirically tested and validated through quantitative research using China’s provincial panel data from 2004 to 2018. The study’s findings indicate a positive influence/relationship between ICTs and market-oriented reforms in the culture and tourism industries’ convergence. Moreover, a positive labor-convergence relationship was found, while the negative government–convergence relationship was uncovered in control variables. Regarding the moderating effect, the interaction of ICTs and market-oriented reforms is positively correlated with industrial convergence. In addition, there is a single-threshold effect of consumer demand on the ICTs–convergence relationship. This article extends our knowledge in two ways by addressing the knowledge gap regarding the interrelationship between culture and tourism and by providing new insights into the influence of ICTs on this industrial convergence that has theoretical and practical implications.Chunbo ZhouMarios SotiriadisMDPI AGarticleindustrial economicscultural tourisminformation and communication technologiesmarket-oriented reformsdynamic panel data estimationthreshold effectEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 11769, p 11769 (2021)
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topic	industrial economics cultural tourism information and communication technologies market-oriented reforms dynamic panel data estimation threshold effect Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	industrial economics cultural tourism information and communication technologies market-oriented reforms dynamic panel data estimation threshold effect Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Chunbo Zhou Marios Sotiriadis Exploring and Evaluating the Impact of ICTs on Culture and Tourism Industries’ Convergence: Evidence from China
description	Information and communications technologies (ICTs) have been driving the digital revolution of all industries worldwide. Industrial convergence constitutes a new feature and trend of contemporary industrial development and has received extensive attention from the media and public. However, the interrelationship between the two concepts—industrial convergence and ICTs—remains under-researched. This paper aims to explore and evaluate the ICTs’ impact on industrial convergence by focusing on the interrelationship between culture and tourism. The study takes an industrial economics perspective with a specific focus on the multi-dimensional (direct, moderated, and threshold) effects. A research framework was suggested synthesizing three econometric models and encompassing three hypotheses. The research model was then empirically tested and validated through quantitative research using China’s provincial panel data from 2004 to 2018. The study’s findings indicate a positive influence/relationship between ICTs and market-oriented reforms in the culture and tourism industries’ convergence. Moreover, a positive labor-convergence relationship was found, while the negative government–convergence relationship was uncovered in control variables. Regarding the moderating effect, the interaction of ICTs and market-oriented reforms is positively correlated with industrial convergence. In addition, there is a single-threshold effect of consumer demand on the ICTs–convergence relationship. This article extends our knowledge in two ways by addressing the knowledge gap regarding the interrelationship between culture and tourism and by providing new insights into the influence of ICTs on this industrial convergence that has theoretical and practical implications.
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title	Exploring and Evaluating the Impact of ICTs on Culture and Tourism Industries’ Convergence: Evidence from China
title_short	Exploring and Evaluating the Impact of ICTs on Culture and Tourism Industries’ Convergence: Evidence from China
title_full	Exploring and Evaluating the Impact of ICTs on Culture and Tourism Industries’ Convergence: Evidence from China
title_fullStr	Exploring and Evaluating the Impact of ICTs on Culture and Tourism Industries’ Convergence: Evidence from China
title_full_unstemmed	Exploring and Evaluating the Impact of ICTs on Culture and Tourism Industries’ Convergence: Evidence from China
title_sort	exploring and evaluating the impact of icts on culture and tourism industries’ convergence: evidence from china
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publishDate	2021
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Exploring and Evaluating the Impact of ICTs on Culture and Tourism Industries’ Convergence: Evidence from China

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