Trends and patterns in sustainable tourism research: a 25-year bibliometric analysis

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 517-535

  Ruhanen, Lisa ^a   Weiler, Betty ^b   Moyle, Brent D ^b   McLennan, Char lee J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

bibliometric; content analysis; research; sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; GROWTH RATE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84923349838     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2014.978790     Document Type: Article

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