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. 2021 Oct:40:100912.
doi: 10.1016/j.tmp.2021.100912. Epub 2021 Nov 15.

A bibliometric review of research on COVID-19 and tourism: Reflections for moving forward

Utkarsh  1 , Marianna Sigala  2
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A bibliometric review of research on COVID-19 and tourism: Reflections for moving forward

Utkarsh et al. Tour Manag Perspect. 2021 Oct.

Abstract

By adopting a bibliometric analysis approach, this study systematically reviews and retrospectively analyses the rapidly emerging literature on COVID-19 in tourism and hospitality. A co-word analysis revealed the intellectual structure of 177 papers (published until January 2021) consisting of four major themes discussing the following various issues: 1) the impact of COVID-19 on tourist decision-making, destination marketing, technology adoption, and tourists' well-being; 2) the future of tourism post COVID-19; 3) managing change in tourism; and 4) the COVID-19's impacts on tourism and hospitality stakeholders. The findings show that preliminary publications tend to be descriptive, pre-mature and theoretical, i.e. most studies advocate and re-imagine a more sustainable, responsible and equitable post-pandemic tourism, but almost no research investigates in-depth whether, why and how such theoretical proclamations are being materialized or not and/or whether they will remain a COVID-19 induced fuss. The paper concludes by offering various directions and propositions for future research.

Keywords: Bibliometric analysis; COVID-19; Crisis; Hospitality; Pandemic; Reflective review; Research themes; Tourism.

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Research design of the study.
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Network visualization of keywords in tourism and hospitality literature related to COVID-19 in VOS Viewer.
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Density visualization of keywords in tourism and hospitality literature related to COVID-19 (the size of the font reflects the density level).
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