The digital economy has reshaped the geography of tourism but its effect on regional tourism disparities remains unexplored. Based on provincial panel data in China from 2011 to 2022, this study explores the effect of the digital economy on regional disparities in tourism development. The results show that the digital economy regional disparities have a positive impact on the tourism development regional disparities, maintaining a positive influence throughout the 12th and 13th Five-Year Plans, but the coefficient decreases in different years. When analyzed regionally, narrowing digital econom...
