Green credit, tourism technology innovation, and sustainable development of tourism

Abstract

The research employs datasets spanning from 2010 to 2022, encompassing 31 provinces in China, to assess how green credit and technological innovations in tourism influence the sustained growth of the tourism sector. The main findings include: green credit significantly promotes the sustainable development of the tourism industry; tourism technological innovation similarly exerts a noticeable driving force on the sustainable development of the tourism industry; tourism technological innovation mediates green credit's promotion of tourism sustainability, and green credit's impact varies across Chinese regions; the impact of green credit on the sustainable development of the tourism industry is influenced by the threshold effect of regional economic levels.