Mapping Creative Tourism Research: Reviewing the Field and Outlining Future Directions

Galvagno, Marco; Giaccone, Sonia Caterina

doi:10.1177/1096348019862030

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“…This subtopic includes research on co‐creation of tourism experiences, creativity in tourism, and cultural tourism and events. (Galvagno & Giaccone, 2019). Specific elements within tourism are also studied, for instance creativity in haute cuisine (Stierand et al, 2014).…”

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Major and recent trends in creativity research: An overview of the field with the aid of computational methods

2021

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The present article explores 98 years of creativity research [1922–2020] covering more than 38,000 academic articles on the topic. By applying computational methods rooted in network analysis and text mining, we uncover a history of creativity research spread through 12 major topics of inquiry, including, among others, the psychology of creativity, organisational creativity, creative industries, and idea generation. We also unpack recent trends within the growing body of literature, with a particular focus on business and management. These trends, 36 in total, cover a variety of topics, from the discussions of cultural psychology and distributed creativity to the role that virtual worlds play in the generation of creative outputs. Digitalisation, interdisciplinarity, and multiculturalism emerge as transversal topics across the recent developments. Finally, we discuss how computational methods can help develop comprehensive snapshots of large research fields such as that of creativity and draw subsequent policy implications.

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Major and recent trends in creativity research: An overview of the field with the aid of computational methods

2021

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“…These authors highlight the rarity of studies adopting a bibliometric approach to tourism in general and smart tourism in particular. Recently, Galvagno and Giaccone (2019) advanced a review of creative tourism literature. The present study, on the other hand, is the first to focus on ST publications and to clarify the main aspects linked to smart tourism: technology, leadership, innovation, human capital, and sustainability (Boes et al, 2015).…”

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The Past, Present, and Future of Smart Tourism Destinations: A Bibliometric Analysis

Bastidas-Manzano

Sánchez‐Fernández²,

Casado‐Aranda

2020

Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research

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Despite the emergence of the notion of smart tourism destinations in tourism research, few studies have delved deeply into the topic, and the little research focusing on the subject has not offered an overview of its evolution, current scope, and potential domains of interest. This study aims to fill this gap in literature by applying a bibliometric approach. The current research offers a comprehensive review of 258 investigations published between 2013 and 2019 in outlets indexed by the ISI Web of Science database and other relevant publications on information technology related to hospitality and tourism. The findings indicate the domains of tourism, journals, and themes that merit consideration in smart tourism destination future research and serve both professionals and academics as a guide for future lines to explore.

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“…(2017) noticed urban tourism, in terms of co-citations, in the cluster of marketing and tourism management. Galvagno and Giaccone (2019) placed it close to creative tourism. It was identified among the keywords in tourism journals (Wu et al, 2012).…”

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Mapping urban tourism issues: analysis of research perspectives through the lens of network visualization

Hočevar

Bartol

2021

IJTC

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify research perspectives/clusters in the field of urban tourism (city tourism) in narrow sense and tourism cities (cities and tourism) in the broader sense to examine the complex relationship through the optics of science mapping. This paper believes that the existing qualitative assessments of this field can be experimentally verified and visualized. Design/methodology/approach First, the key conceptual dilemmas of research perspectives in urban tourism are highlighted. Based on the Web of Science (WOS) Core Collection and the VOSviewer (computer program for visualizing bibliometric networks), the data will be analyzed. Clustering is used to evaluate information retrieval (inclusivity or selectivity of the search query), publication patterns (journal articles), author keywords, terminology and to identify the respective cities and author collaborations between countries. Findings Terminological specificities and their contextuality (authors’ preferences) are elaborated, as the topic is studied by authors from different disciplinary fields. Compared to other specific tourisms, urban tourism includes geographic terms (variations of city names) and terms with different connotations (travelers, visitors). Recent Spanish (also Portuguese) linguistic/geographic contexts are noticeable and a strong presence of WOS Emerging Sources Citation Index papers. Research perspectives are represented in the network of clusters of connected terms. If the search is based on a narrower sense of strict urban tourism, then tourism-business topics predominate. If tourism and cities are less closely linked, socio-cultural and environmental-spatial perspectives emerge, as does tourism/cities vulnerability (climate change and health issues). Research limitations/implications The construction of a search syntax for the purpose of retrieval is always marked by compromises, given different terminological usages. A narrow search query will miss many relevant documents. On the other hand, if the query is too general, it returns less relevant documents. To this end, this paper tested queries on three different levels of inclusivity or selectivity. More consistent use of terms would benefit authors in the field of urban tourism when searching for references (information retrieval) and, as a consequence, would allow better integration of the field. Practical implications This study provides a practical method for evaluating cities and tourism in combining the expertise of an information scientist and a sociologist. It points out numerous caveats in information retrieval. It offers an overview of publishing just prior to the outbreak of Covid-19, thus providing an opportunity for further comparative studies. Originality/value This study is the first to examine urban tourism using such a method and can serve as a complement to the existing systematization of qualitative approaches. The findings are consistent with numerous qualitative assessments of weak the research interconnection between the specifics of cities and tourism in terms of broader socio-spatial processes. However, the study suggests that such research linkage is increasing, which is noticeable in relation to issues of social sustainability (e.g. overtourism, Airbnb and touristification).

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Mapping Creative Tourism Research: Reviewing the Field and Outlining Future Directions

Cited by 53 publications

References 62 publications

Major and recent trends in creativity research: An overview of the field with the aid of computational methods

Major and recent trends in creativity research: An overview of the field with the aid of computational methods

The Past, Present, and Future of Smart Tourism Destinations: A Bibliometric Analysis

Mapping urban tourism issues: analysis of research perspectives through the lens of network visualization

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