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Investigating the Effects of Advancements in Information and Communication Technology and Financial Development on Tourism Growth: A Case of South Africa

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia
Volume 24 (2024): Issue 2 (December 2024)
By: Patrick Ssekitoleko and  Jean Claude Manaliyo  
Open Access
|Dec 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2024-0027 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0198 | Journal ISSN: 1730-4237
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Language: English
Page range: 304 - 326
Submitted on: Feb 28, 2024
Accepted on: Sep 20, 2024
Published on: Dec 5, 2024
Published by: University of Szczecin
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
ICT,
Financial development,
Tourism,
ARDL,
South Africa
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Political economics, other

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