In search of ‘a research front’ in cruise tourism studies |
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| Institution: | 1. Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Avda. Pedro de Valdivia, 425, Santiago, Chile;2. Universidad Loyola Andalucía, C/Escritor Castilla Aguayo, 4, 14004, Córdoba, Spain;3. College of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-Dong, Gwanjin-Gu, Seoul, 143-747, Republic of Korea;4. School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 17 Science Museum Road, TSE East, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;1. Department of Economics and Business, University of Sassari & CRENoS, Sassari, Italy;2. Department of Marketing University of Castilla-La Mancha, Plaza de la Universidad, 1, 02071 Albacete, Spain;3. Department of Marketing, University of Valencia, Avda. Tarongers, s/n, 46018 Valencia, Spain;4. School of Tourism & Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | This article aims to provide a critical view of the global scientific production involved in cruise tourism study. Global references in this field were identified and emphasised for managing existing data to establish ‘bridges’ among researchers. Scientometric analysis was conducted on publications about cruise tourism in mainstream journals integrated into Web of Science. This methodology enabled us to identify current topics, relevant journals, authors, institutions, profitable countries, ‘visible’ and ‘invisible’ collaborative colleges and the research areas considered as the epicentre of the cruise tourism debate. A significant contribution of this work is the use of indicators at the three levels of scientometric complexity, i.e. scientific activity, impact and relational character. |
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| Keywords: | Tourism industry Shipping industry Cruise tourism Scientometrics Social network analysis |
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