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Economic Development and Mountain Tourism Research from 2010 to 2020: Bibliometric Analysis and Science Mapping Approach

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  • Liyun Zeng

    (Rattanakosin International College of Creative Entrepreneurship, Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
    Civil and Architectural Engineering Institute, Panzhihua University, Panzhihua 617000, China)

  • Rita Yi Man Li

    (Sustainable Real Estate Research Center, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong 999077, China)

  • Jotikasthira Nuttapong

    (Rattanakosin International College of Creative Entrepreneurship, Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin, Bangkok 10700, Thailand)

  • Jinkun Sun

    (Rattanakosin International College of Creative Entrepreneurship, Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
    Civil and Architectural Engineering Institute, Panzhihua University, Panzhihua 617000, China)

  • Yunyi Mao

    (Civil and Architectural Engineering Institute, Panzhihua University, Panzhihua 617000, China)

Abstract

Due to hectic city lives and the growing health concerns in light of the global pandemic, mountain tourism has become increasingly popular worldwide, which has increased the related research. Based on traditional bibliometric laws, such as those authored by Price, Bradford, Lotka, and Zipf, this study acquired 1413 mountain tourism journal articles via bibliometric analysis and identified the most influential journal articles, researchers, and countries in mountain tourism research as indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) database during 2010–2020. The keyword analysis revealed mountain tourism’s emerging research topics, including climate change, sustainable development, sustainability, sustainable tourism, protected areas, rural tourism, and conservation. The most influential journal was Sustainability in the mountain tourism. The research results showed that China, the U.S., and Romania produced the most significant mountain tourism articles indexed in the WoS. Most developed countries in Europe had the highest average and average normalized citations, which indicated that they may have more influence in this field as compared to other countries. Some developing countries, such as India, Nepal, and China, had higher citations, average citations, and/or average normalized citations than other countries. The main research trend was the sustainable development aspect of mountain-based tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic. We identified the research gap in WoS; although there is some research shedding light on tourism via bibliometrics, mountain tourism bibliometric analysis and science mapping via VOSViewer is scarce. The paper summarizes the critical aspects of the current discussion of sustainable mountain tourism, such as transport and coopetition (i.e., combing with cooperation and competition) in mountain tourism areas. The results indicated that government agencies and destination managers need to strike a balance between sustainable mountain tourism development and environment and natural landscape conservation after COVID-19.

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  • Liyun Zeng & Rita Yi Man Li & Jotikasthira Nuttapong & Jinkun Sun & Yunyi Mao, 2022. "Economic Development and Mountain Tourism Research from 2010 to 2020: Bibliometric Analysis and Science Mapping Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-27, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:1:p:562-:d:718093
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    1. Nesrine Khazami & Zoltan Lakner, 2022. "The Development of Social Capital during the Process of Starting an Agritourism Business," Tourism and Hospitality, MDPI, vol. 3(1), pages 1-15, February.
    2. Claudia Patricia Maldonado-Erazo & María de la Cruz del Río-Rama & José Álvarez-García & Ana Carola Flores-Mancheno, 2022. "Use of Natural and Cultural Resources by Tourism as a Strategy for Regional Development: Bibliometric Analysis," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-18, July.
    3. Poulomi Chakraborty & Somnath Ghosal, 2022. "Status of mountain-tourism and research in the Indian Himalayan Region: a systematic review," Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Springer, vol. 6(3), pages 863-897, October.
    4. Ming Xu & Chunjing Bai & Lei Shi & Adis Puška & Anđelka Štilić & Željko Stević, 2023. "Assessment of Mountain Tourism Sustainability Using Integrated Fuzzy MCDM Model," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(19), pages 1-24, September.
    5. Deniz Yalçıntaş & Suzan Oğuz & Eda Yaşa Özeltürkay & Murat Gülmez, 2023. "Bibliometric Analysis of Studies on Sustainable Waste Management," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-14, January.
    6. Satı Elifcan Özbek & Alberto Lanzavecchia & Francesco Ferrarese, 2023. "Participatory Geographic-Information-System-Based Citizen Science: Highland Trails Contamination due to Mountaineering Tourism in the Dolomites," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(18), pages 1-13, September.

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