Research on tourism, well-being, and nature: a bibliometric analysis

ABSTRACT

Tourism offering well-being practices in nature has increased exponentially in recent years. The scientific interest in this subject has also grown at a similar rate, from both a theoretical and a methodological perspective. We present a bibliometric analysis using the search terms “tourism”, “well-being”, and “nature” disclosed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. Combining quantitative and visual methods, we analyse 443 records on this topic according to seven items: productivity evolution, overlapping, geographical distribution, research areas, most important keywords, main sources, and most cited articles. The results show a growing interest in this topic as well as a need to review the literature in the two databases, conducting a search from a multidisciplinary approach.

KEYWORDS:

• Tourism
• Well-being
• Nature
• Databases
• Bibliometric analysis

Disclosure statement

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

Additional information

Funding

This publication is part of two projects: POLITUR CSO2017-82156-R, and ADAPTOUR PID2020-112525RB-I00.

Notes on contributors

Alba Font-Barnet

Alba Font-Barnet is Geographer (2018) and Master in Management of Tourism Destinations (2019) with research interests in tourism, well-being nature and protected areas. She is a Pre-doctoral Researcher at Research Group on Territorial Analysis and Tourism Studies (GRATET), Department of Geography, of Rovira i Virgili University (URV), Spain.

Marta Nel-lo Andreu

Dr. Marta Gemma Nel-lo Andreu is a full professor at the Department of Geography of URV since 1995. She is member of GRATET and coordinator of COODTUR and COODESTUR, with a long career in cooperation projects in Latin America.