مجلة التنمية الاقتصادية
Volume 11, Numéro 1, Pages 395-406
2026-06-30
Digitalization And Sustainable Tourism: A Bibliometric Mapping Of Research Trends And Future Research Directions (scopus Based 2016-2025)
Authors : Boumedda-tiab Fahima .
Abstract
This study presents a systematic bibliometric mapping of research at the intersection of digitalization and sustainable tourism, based on 485 peer-reviewed articles retrieved from the Scopus database over the period 2016–2025. Employing performance analysis and science mapping through VOSviewer 1.6.20, the study addresses six research questions spanning publication trends, geographic and institutional contributions, authorship influence, journal impact, disciplinary scope, and thematic structure. Results reveal an exponential growth trajectory, from one publication in 2016 to an unprecedented peak of 231 articles in 2025, with China, Italy, and the United States as dominant contributors. Keyword co-occurrence analysis identifies six thematic clusters: digital governance and sustainable destination management, environmental sustainability and ICT-mediated development, smart tourism in emerging economies, cultural heritage digitalization, immersive technologies and virtual experiences, and digital communication in rural tourism. The field's intellectual structure is pluralistic and internally differentiated, extending well beyond the smart tourism paradigm. This study contributes the first comprehensive Scopus-based bibliometric cartography of this intersection for 2016–2025, identifies persistent geographic and institutional fragmentation, and proposes a future research agenda centered on empirical validation, cross-regional comparative analysis, and theoretical integration across thematic clusters.
Keywords
Digitalization ; Sustainable tourism ; Bibliometric analysis ; VOSviewer ; Smart tourism ; Science mapping ; Scopus
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