An Overview of Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Tourism, Destination, and Hospitality Research Based on the Web of Science

Abstract

Sustainability, entrepreneurship and tourism, destination and hospitality research have attracted scholars’ attention for their relevance in bringing to fruition a future that links economic well-being with the environmental, cultural, and social sustainability of human beings. This article provides a bibliometric overview of the academic research where these topics intersect. To accomplish this, various bibliometric methods are implemented, which include a performance analysis and graphic mapping of the academic production in this specific topic. This research uses the Web of Science database to identify and classify the most preponderant investigations in the field and considers articles, authors, institutions, countries, and journals. To complete the performance analysis, a series of indicators, such as number of papers and number of citations, are used. Graphic visualization maps are produced using the co-citation and co-occurrence of keywords under the Visualization of Similarities—VOSviewer—software. The results show a growing concern for entrepreneurship in sustainable tourism development research, which is evidenced in the increasing number of studies during the last decade. Some influential research institutions and authors from countries including the USA, New Zealand, and Norway are found to be influential leaders in this topic. Additionally, the results show that journals from the area of hospitality, leisure, sport, and tourism are frontrunners in this subject.

Research in tourism sustainability: A comprehensive bibliometric analysis from 1990 to 2022

“… Basic topics Related topics Citing references Sustainable Tourism Conservation Management, Climate Change, National Park [ [100] , [101] , [102] , [103] ] [ 104 ] Conservation management Nature Conservation [ [105] , [106] , [107] ] Climate Change Climate Effect, Environmental Change, Developing World. [ [108] , [109] , [110] ] National Park Marine Park, Nature Society Relations [ [46] , [111] , [112] ] Recreational Activity Nature-based Tourism, Outdoor Recreation [ [113] , [114] , [115] ] Economic Activity Entrepreneurship, Performance Assessment [ [116] , [117] , [118] ] Local Participation Community Development, Public Participation [ [45] , [119] , [120] ] Wildlife Management Conservation Policies, Species Conservation [ [44] , [121] , [122] ] ...…”

Entrepreneurship for sustainable development: co-evolutionary evidence from the tourism sector

“…However, few studies explore both the different factors affecting SE in tourism and its contribution to sustainable development (Andrade-Valbuena et al, 2022). We aim to fill this gap by adopting a co-evolutionary lens to consider the relationship between entrepreneurs and their firms and the external environment.…”

“…In particular, the model proposed by this investigation extends previous studies and answers multiple calls to examine SE in the tourism sector. It attempts to fill the gaps noted in the literature review of Andrade-Valbuena et al (2022), which raised crucial questions about the role played by the institutional environment and tourism policies in promoting SE, by identifying the factors (both internal and external) and their reciprocal influences that can influence SE in tourism. The proposed model not only answers these two questions but also identifies which factors act as enablers and which as inhibitors of SE in tourism.…”

“…However, few studies explore both the different factors affecting SE in tourism and its contribution to sustainable development (Andrade-Valbuena et al. , 2022).…”

“…Thus, the tourism sector is a suitable context to understand better the link between SE and sustainable development, which to date remains poorly investigated (Sørensen and Grindsted, 2021). To fill this gap, this investigation aims to understand the reciprocal influences of SE's internal and external factors (Andrade-Valbuena et al, 2022), providing a more nuanced SE conceptualisation that takes a holistic and dynamic view of sustainability. To do so, the study uses multi-level empirical research (Crnogaj et al, 2014;Muñoz and Cohen, 2018;Wahga et al, 2017) to investigate the following research questions.…”