Ecotourism research: a bibliometric review

The paper aims to examine the trends and evolution of ecotourism research in last 20 years, highlighting co-citations, collaborations, emerging themes. A total 1387 ecotourism-related from Web Science (WoS) database 1991 2021 were analyzed some bibliometric analyses using CiteSpace V software. WoS was scanned terms “ecotourism” “eco-tourism.” While scanning, “Hospitality, Leisure, Sport, Tourism” field selected for filtering, articles published by September 12, 2021, accessed. most frequently studied cluster topics related includes creation local benefits, intentions, community empowerment. three used keywords are “ecotourism,” “tourism,” “conservation.” outcome this constitutes a unique contribution area ecotourism. study provides an in-depth analysis publications identification important trends. It also identifies possible avenues future knowledge domain