CONTRIBUTION OF ICT TO THE TOURISM SECTOR DEVELOPMENT IN UZBEKISTAN

Abstract

This paper intends to find and measure the impact of ICT usage on economic growth of tourism sector of the Uzbek economy over a 10 years period from 2011 to 2020. This impact has been identified as ‘Solow residual”. A positive relationship between output, labor and ICT investment was established during the study while the relationship between growth rate of sector and hotel places was found surprisingly negative. Also figures show that while internet use continues in Uzbekistan to spread, the digital gap between rural and urban areas is also growing.