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How does ICT influence residents' attitudes towards tourism as a driver of development? A generalised ordered logistic regression analysis
Author(s) -
De Lucia Caterina,
Pazienza Pasquale,
Balena Pasquale
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.2473
Subject(s) - lagging , tourism , logistic regression , marketing , ordered logit , perception , business , work (physics) , information and communications technology , advertising , regression analysis , geography , psychology , engineering , computer science , mathematics , statistics , mechanical engineering , archaeology , neuroscience , world wide web
This study investigates the residents' attitudes to tourism as a driver of regional development and the impact of digital technologies on these perceptions. This work considers a ‘lagging behind’ region of the EU and employs a generalised ordered logit regression. The main findings suggest that the positive attitude is affected by the digital technology use, education, non‐job variables and touristic products such as landscape, food and wine and events. As a result, the digital technology and the enhancement of touristic products may serve as important factors for ‘lagging behind’ regions to meet a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.