The impact of digital governance on tourism efficiency: spatial effects and insights from China’s smart city pilots

Cong Liu (1991–), female, PhD, a special research assistant of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, research interests: tourism economic operation and tourism geography. Presided one project for the Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation for Postgraduates. Participated in two projects for the National Natural Science Foundation of China, two projects for the National Social Science Fund of China, and five projects for the provincial and ministerial foundations. Published nine scientific papers in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Tourism Economics, Economic Geography (China) and other journals. Reviewer of Tourism Review, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology and other journals. Orcid id: 0000-0001-6078-0756.s

Lijun Ma (1981–), male, PhD, professor, doctoral supervisor, young backbone teacher in Hunan Province, member of Tourism Resources Research Committee of the China Society of Natural Resources, Vice President of the Tourism Education Committee of the Hunan Tourism Society, and Deputy Director of the Education Committee of the Hunan Tourism Hotel Association. Presided 2 projects for National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1 for National Social Science Fund of China, and 6 for provincial and ministerial foundations. Published 5 monographs and over 100 papers in journals, including Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Tourism Economics. Orcid id: 0000-0002-4060-4373.

Yong Zhan (1976–), Male, professor, PhD, doctoral supervisor, visiting scholar of the University of Texas at Arlington, young backbone teacher of Hunan Province, Editorial Director of Journal of Consumer Economics (China), deputy secretary general of Consumer Economics Association (China). Presided two key project of the National Social Science Foundation, one general project of the National Social Science Foundation, one first-class funded project of the China Postdoctoral Fund, one key project of the National Bureau of Statistics and more than ten other projects. Published three monographs and more than 30 papers in the Tourism Economics, Journal of Finance and Economics (China), Journal of Quantitative and Technological Economics (China) and other journals.

Shiyi Tang (1992–), male, PhD, Lecturer at the School of Management, Hunan Engineering University. His research interests focus on green development, corporate social responsibility and technology innovation. His work has been published in Technovation, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Business Process Management Journal, Chinese Management Studies and some top-tier Chinese management-related journals. Orcid id: 0000-0003-3605-5153.