A Bibliometric Analysis on Tourism Sustainable Competitiveness Research

Ann-Ni Soh, Chin-Hong Puah and Mohammad Affendy Arip
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Mohammad Affendy Arip: Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan 94300, SWK, Malaysia

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: The present bibliometric review of research intends to document and synthesize research trends in the domain of sustainable competitiveness over the past decade. Through bibliographical analysis of 1259 Scopus-indexed documents, the literature published from 2010 to 2020 has been identified. Publication output analysis, citation analysis, journal analysis, geographical distribution analysis, and co-occurrence keywords network analysis are utilised in this study to identify the trending research and future direction of this specific field of study using VOSviewer software and Harzing’s Publish and Perish software. Findings revealed that the literature on both sustainability and competitiveness solely is in its growth stage. The most productive countries in this domain are the United States, China, and the United Kingdom. In the retrieved documents, the sustainable competitiveness indeed plays a pivotal part in the evolution of the tourism field and laid a solid foundation for future research. As this paper provides an understanding on the possible mutual reinforcing relationship between two concepts, a stronger linkage on sustainable competitiveness that may catalyse tourism development can offer reference for future research through in-depth analysis.

Keywords: bibliometric analysis; sustainability; competitiveness; sustainable competitiveness; tourism; VOSviewer; SDGs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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