Table 1

Descriptive statistics of the variables

VariableMean (Std. Dev.)
Travel and Tourism's total contribution to GDP US$ in real prices41.613 (40.261)
Policy and enabling condition subindex measure specific policies in the tourism industry (1 = low, 7 = best)0.512 (1.451)
Enabling environment subindex focus on the general situations necessary for tourism operations (1 = low, 7 = best)0.605 (1.711)
Government prioritization assesses the degree to which governments promote the tourism sector (1 = low, 7 = best)0.576 (1.640)
Human resource assesses the availability of quality and efficiency of human resources allocation (1 = low, 7 = best)0.552 (1.564)
Tourism ICT readiness measures ICT infrastructure development (1 = low, 7 = best)0.613 (1.736)
Infrastructure subindex describes the quality and availability of physical infrastructure (1 = low, 7 = best)0.558 (1.585)
Air transport infrastructure measures the extent country provides adequate air connectivity to travellers (1 = low, 7 = best)0.451 (1.312)
Country dummies3.5 (1.713)

Note(s): Data source: open trade and competitiveness data (https://tcdata360.worldbank.org/topics)

Source(s): Authors' estimation

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