Can the Digital Economy Promote High-Quality Tourism Development?Empirical Evidence Based on the PSTR Model
The digital economy has increasingly become an important driving force of high-quality development,and understanding the internal laws that empower high-quality development in the tourism industry is of great significance.Based on the empowerment theory of the digital economy,this study constructed a dynamic analytical framework for the relationship between digital economy and high-quality tourism development and established a PSTR model using provincial panel data to explore the enabling effect and mechanism of the digital economy on the high-quality development of tourism.The results show that(1)the empowering effect of the digital economy on high-quality tourism development has dynamic nonlinear characteristics and has passed the robustness test of various methods.(2)The digital economy has the transmission effect of empowering high-quality tourism development through the efficiency and structure of the tourism industry.(3)The enabling effect of the digital economy on high-quality tourism development is regionally heterogeneous,and the empowerment effect is weaker in regions with higher economic development levels.This study enriches the theory of digital economy empowerment,providing policy suggestions for high-quality tourism development in the digital era.
digital economyhigh-quality tourism developmentdigital empowermentPSTR model