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What is Digital Divide in E-Tourism about?

The digital revolution and the widespread use of information and communication technologies (ICT) have empowered information management to enhance the social and economic impacts of tourism worldwide. The digital divide is one of the competitiveness issues currently facing tourism organizations and destinations, affecting their capacity to interact effectively in a global tourism environment. Generally understood as a phenomenon of unequal distribution of information, the digital divide can lead to digital and social exclusion, as certain groups of tourists and destinations are unable to participate in the opportunities emerging from the use of the Internet and ICT. In this chapter, we discuss the two most important conceptual models used to interpret the digital divide and the barriers to tourism competitiveness it presents for different territorial areas,

Author

Francesc González Reverte; Pablo Díaz Luque

Publisher

Springer International Publishing, Imprint Springer

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9783030053246