TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring Chinese sustainable tourism: a 25-year perspective
AU - Kong, Haiyan
AU - Qiu, Xuejie
AU - Wang, Kangping
AU - Bu, Naipeng
AU - Cheung, Catherine
AU - Zhang, Ning
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2024/4
Y1 - 2024/4
N2 - As sustainable tourism advances, issues such as environmental pollution, overexploitation, and ecological imbalance have been identified alongside the effects of climate change and tourism. Thus, the literature related to sustainable tourism in emerging economies, especially in China, has grown rapidly and contributed to knowledge development in recent years. An in-depth and systematic review is required to explore research development and potential research opportunities. This paper explored 1,293 documents on Chinese sustainable tourism in the Scopus database, using indicator analysis along with scientific mapping methodologies such as VOSviewer and Gephi. It uncovered key journals, authors, and papers in relevant fields and identified four thematic clusters, namely, “government policy,” “rural and heritage tourism,” “ecotourism,” and “urban tourism.” Analyses based on Sustainable Development Goals suggested that advancements in Chinese sustainable tourism contribute positively to global efforts. Furthermore, this study outlined the pertinent themes and research areas for Chinese sustainable tourism, offering information and recommendations for future researchers and tourism practitioners.
AB - As sustainable tourism advances, issues such as environmental pollution, overexploitation, and ecological imbalance have been identified alongside the effects of climate change and tourism. Thus, the literature related to sustainable tourism in emerging economies, especially in China, has grown rapidly and contributed to knowledge development in recent years. An in-depth and systematic review is required to explore research development and potential research opportunities. This paper explored 1,293 documents on Chinese sustainable tourism in the Scopus database, using indicator analysis along with scientific mapping methodologies such as VOSviewer and Gephi. It uncovered key journals, authors, and papers in relevant fields and identified four thematic clusters, namely, “government policy,” “rural and heritage tourism,” “ecotourism,” and “urban tourism.” Analyses based on Sustainable Development Goals suggested that advancements in Chinese sustainable tourism contribute positively to global efforts. Furthermore, this study outlined the pertinent themes and research areas for Chinese sustainable tourism, offering information and recommendations for future researchers and tourism practitioners.
KW - China
KW - Gephi
KW - Sustainable tourism
KW - visualization
KW - VOSviewer
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85191337428&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09669582.2024.2347547
DO - 10.1080/09669582.2024.2347547
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85191337428
SN - 0966-9582
JO - Journal of Sustainable Tourism
JF - Journal of Sustainable Tourism
ER -