BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

ABSTRACT:

As tourism is highly dependent on, and closely linked to environmental, economic and social issues, researchers argue that the tourism sector needs to be both sustainable and entrepreneurial if it is to sustain itself in the long term. Although entrepreneurship and sustainable tourism are research fields that, individually, have received remarkable academic attention, there have been few studies that attempt to examine these two fields together. To achieve this goal, a bibliometric analysis was performed of 1,655 articles and reviews published between 1978 and 2019 in indexed journals in the Web of Science database. This research is justified by the need to generate demand in both the academic and practical spheres with the analysis of actions that stimulate the creation of new sustainable business. The results indicate that the number of publications is increasing. Supported by the analysis of co-citations, it is seen that the theoretical base of much of the literature on entrepreneurship and sustainable tourism relies on authors who emphasize the issue of sustainable tourism, leaving entrepreneurship as a secondary aspect.

KEYWORDS:
sustainable tourism; entrepreneurship; bibliometric analysis