TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between tourism and social media from a cross section of 138 countries with data for the year 2012.Design/methodology/approach The empirical evidence is based on Ordinary Least Squares, Negative Binomial and Quantile Regressions.Findings Two main findings are established. First, there is a positive relationship between Facebook penetration and the number of tourist arrivals. Second, Facebook penetration is more relevant in promoting tourist arrivals in countries where initial levels in tourist arrivals are the highest and low. The established positive relationship can be elucidated from four principal angles: the transformation of travel research, the rise in social sharing, improvements in customer service and the reshaping of travel agencies.Originality/value This study explores a new data set on social media. There are very few empirical studies on the relevance of social media in development outcomes.
VL  - 46
IS  - 7
SN  - 0144-3585
DO  - 10.1108/JES-07-2018-0239
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JES-07-2018-0239
AU  - Asongu Simplice
AU  - Odhiambo Nicholas M.
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Tourism and social media in the world: an empirical investigation
T2  - Journal of Economic Studies
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 1319
EP  - 1331
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -