TY - JOUR
T1 - Hospitality and Tourism Scholarship in Africa: A Literature-Based Agenda for Future Research
AU - Senbeto, Dagnachew Leta
AU - Köseoglu, Mehmet Ali
AU - King, Brian
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Institute of International Business and Governance, established with the substantial support of a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (UGC/IDS16/17), for its support.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2021/5/17
Y1 - 2021/5/17
N2 - This study examines Africa-related tourism and hospitality literature over the past 35 years (1984 to 2019), taking account of themes, methodologies, geographies, and collaboration structures. The authors identified and analyzed 1,182 published articles from 27 journals using advanced bibliometric to provide a deeper analysis than has been provided previously of tourism and hospitality scholarship in Africa. This article offers an up-to-date systematic overview of Africa-related tourism knowledge production and dissemination. Prominent features of the knowledge domain are discussed—destination management, travel psychology and sociology, sustainability, sociocultural issues, economy, tourism investment and economy, accommodation and hotels in Africa. The authors discussed further research, current and emerging tourism issues, and more diverse approaches toward research focus, methodologies, and geographical structures.
AB - This study examines Africa-related tourism and hospitality literature over the past 35 years (1984 to 2019), taking account of themes, methodologies, geographies, and collaboration structures. The authors identified and analyzed 1,182 published articles from 27 journals using advanced bibliometric to provide a deeper analysis than has been provided previously of tourism and hospitality scholarship in Africa. This article offers an up-to-date systematic overview of Africa-related tourism knowledge production and dissemination. Prominent features of the knowledge domain are discussed—destination management, travel psychology and sociology, sustainability, sociocultural issues, economy, tourism investment and economy, accommodation and hotels in Africa. The authors discussed further research, current and emerging tourism issues, and more diverse approaches toward research focus, methodologies, and geographical structures.
KW - Africa
KW - bibliometric analysis
KW - hospitality
KW - research and scholarship
KW - tourism
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U2 - 10.1177/10963480211011540
DO - 10.1177/10963480211011540
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85105921474
SN - 1096-3480
JO - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research
JF - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research
ER -