The impact of information industry development to convergence of regional tourism

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.