Research on the Interaction between Information Technology and Innovation of Tourism Service Industry

Based on the analysis of innovation level of information technology and tourism service industry in 31 provinces and autonomous regions of China between 2004-2015, non-equilibrium and positive correlation is found between information technology and innovation level of tourism service industry. The empirical result shows that there is a long-term equilibrium and two-way Granger causality between information technology and tourism service innovation, and in the short and long term, there is a positive effect between information technology and tourism service innovation.