边境旅游研究进展与启示——以SSCI论文为例

边境旅游是促进区域一体化发展和强化跨境旅游合作的主要手段,深入分析国际边境旅游研究脉络与研究热点,对促进富民兴边、睦邻安邦及对接国际国内旅游“双循环”具有重要借鉴意义。本文以1995—2021年发表的1 124篇SSCI英文文献为基础,对边境旅游研究领域的时间分布、关键词突现、聚类特征等进行可视化分析。研究发现,英文文献中对边境旅游的研究可分为起步阶段、发展阶段与创新阶段;主要研究议题包括边境旅游吸引物、边境旅游影响、边境旅游安全及跨境旅游合作;边境旅游研究趋势发生两大转变,一是研究视角从单一向多元转向,二是理论探索从功能说向效应说深入。建议国内对边境旅游的研究应结合国家战略拓展边境旅游研究议题,强调中国边境旅游特色的同时贡献“中国智慧”。

Research progress and enlightenment of border tourism: Taking SSCI papers as an example

Border tourism has an important impact on the economic development of border areas and the relationship between neighboring countries. It is the main means to promote the development of regional integration and strengthen cross-border tourism cooperation. Although domestic scholars have studied the concept, function, and influence of border tourism, compared with foreign related research, there are still some problems such as limited research topics, insufficient research depth and lack of comprehensive understanding. Based on 1 124 SSCI English literatures published in English journals from 1995 to 2021, this paper makes a visual analysis of the time distribution, keyword emergence and clustering characteristics of border tourism research field, and comprehensively combs the research progress and main contents of foreign border tourism. It is found that the research on border tourism in English literature can be divided into the initial research stage, the developmental research stage, and the innovational research stage. And studies are mainly concentrated in the fields of geography and political science. With the complexity and dynamics of border issues, the research perspective of border tourism begins to shift to economics and management. The main research topics include cross-border tourism attraction, cross-border tourism impact, border effect and cross-border conflict and cooperation. This article proposes that China’s research on cross-border tourism should also highlight the perspective of tourism disciplines, expand the research theories and methods applied in border tourism research, and put forward “Chinese plans” according to local conditions while emphasizing the differences of cross-border tourism.