Past, present, and future of tourism and climate change research: bibliometric analysis based on VOSviewer and SciMAT

ABSTRACT

The topic of tourism and climate change is a highly promising area. This paper attempts to review the relevant research and identify prospective opportunities. On the basis of 1,274 records in the Web of Science from 1998–2021, this paper develops visual maps of co-authorship networks and strategic diagrams using VOSviewer and SciMAT. Results indicate that the cooperation among different authors has accelerated the knowledge output. Panel data, ski tourism, outdoor recreation, national parks, pro-environmental behavior, and error correction are the current research priorities. On the basis of the strategic diagrams, the paper discovers future research trends.

KEYWORDS:

• Tourism
• climate change
• bibliometrics
• co-authorship networks
• keyword co-occurrence
• strategic diagram

Acknowledgment

The author(s) would like to thank the support of Key Project of National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC) 22&ZD194.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This work was supported by Key Project of National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC): [grant no 22&ZD194].