Tourism and disability: a bibliometric review

ABSTRACT

This study aims to analyse tourism and disability research from a longitudinal perspective (2000–2019). One hundred and five seminal articles from the Scopus database were systematically selected and bibliometrically analysed. The state-of-the-art tool – bibliometrix was used to analyse and visualize tourism and disability research. The main analysis was divided into four sub-analyses (descriptive analysis, reference publication year spectroscopy, network analysis, and co-word analysis) to comprehensively demonstrate the trends and patterns, historical origin, and intellectual and conceptual structure in disability and tourism research. Findings indicate that although the publications related to tourism and disability have significantly increased, it is mostly dominated by few contributors. The proposed study provides a powerful insight into tourism and disability research for theoretical and practical developments.

KEYWORDS:

• Tourism and disability
• bibliometric analysis
• bibliometrix
• reference publication year spectroscopy
• co-word analysis

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Notes on contributors

Ranjit Singh

Ranjit Singh is a PhD Scholar at the Department of Tourism Studies, School of Management, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India. His area of interest includes Accessible Tourism, inclusive Tourism, Information Technology and Bibliometric.

P. S. Sibi

P. S. Sibi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Tourism Studies, Puducherry, India. She has obtained her Ph.D. in Tourism Studies from Pondicherry University. Her areas of interest are Special Interest Tourism, Travel Agency, Tour Operation, Accessible Tourism, Inclusive Tourism, and Gender.

Elizabeth Yost

Elizabeth Yost has vast experience in the areas of audit, ethics and compliance, and accounting and finance for the hospitality industry. She holds a PhD in Hospitality Education from the University of Central Florida. Her research interests are in the areas of Corporate Financial Management, Capital Structure, Revenue Management and Accessible Tourism.

Dipendra Singh Mann

Dipendra Singh Mann serves as an Associate Professor at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management at the University of Central Florida. Prior to joining Rosen College, Dr. Singh taught at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His research interests are in the areas of Financial Performance Measures, Revenue Management, Accessible Tourism and Information Technology.