Past, current, and future perspectives on eco-tourism: a bibliometric review between 2001 and 2018

Shasha, Ziphozakhe Theophilus; Geng, Yong; Sun, Huaping; Musakwa, Walter; Sun, Lu

doi:10.1007/s11356-020-08584-9

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“…The ecotourism industry in Jamaica is diverse in its offerings and is characterized by operations with distinct business philosophies that emphasize preservation, independence, and ties to local communities. Our study contributes to the understanding of the still largely under-researched Jamaican tourism and eco-tourism specifically (Shasha et al, 2020). It sheds light on the Jamaican ecotourism landscape and adds much needed insight into the philosophies that guide tourism operators' strategic decisions and approaches.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Ecotourism, a form of nature-based and responsible tourism, comprises a small but growing subsector of the tourism industry, offering a different product and, perhaps, attracting a different kind of visitor than other types of tourism (Wall, 1997;World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), 2012). Meanwhile, the academic literature on ecotourism has grown at a significant rate (10% to 30% per year) in recent years (Shasha et al, 2020). Ecotourism is closely associated with promoting environmental stewardship (Hunt & Harbor, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Early Adopters’ Philosophies, Practices and Perspectives on Eco-Tourism and Eco-Certification: The Case of Ecotourism in Jamaica

Brown

Armenakyan

Piper

2021

Multidiscip. bus. rev (Impr.)

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This paper examines business philosophies, sustainable practices, and attitudes towards eco-certification of pio-neering tourism operators engaged in ecotourism in the mature ‘sun and beach’ destination of Jamaica. We conducted a thematic analysis of the data collected from semi-structured interviews with managers and owners, and observations from on-site visits with establishments identified as ecotourism operators in Jamaica. We identified five distinct busi-ness philosophies that guided our participants' operations: presenting Jamaica in a holistic way, preserving the natural and cultural environment, community support, economic sustainability and incentivized preservation, and operational independence. The tourism operations in our study primarily engage in sustainable practices as a means of attaining operational independence. Meanwhile, participants held mixed attitudes towards eco-certification. There was signifi-cant overlap between our findings and the existing conceptual UNWTO framework for ecotourism. We found strong evidence for the role of education as the defining characteristic of ecotourism. Varying attitudes towards and awareness of sustainability and conservation of the country’s cultural and natural assets limit the amount of community consulta-tion in planning and development of these enterprises.

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confidence: 81%

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confidence: 99%

Early Adopters’ Philosophies, Practices and Perspectives on Eco-Tourism and Eco-Certification: The Case of Ecotourism in Jamaica

Brown

Armenakyan

Piper

2021

Multidiscip. bus. rev (Impr.)

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“…Ecotourism offers an opportunity to integrate local social, environmental, and economic sustainability. The field of ecotourism, evaluated bibliometrically in the last 30 years, is shown to be associated with sustainable development [35,36]. Community-based ecotourism plays an especial key role in endogenous development, supporting the social and solidarity economy and the income of rural families in the long term [37][38][39][40].…”

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confidence: 99%

Field Environmental Philosophy: A Biocultural Ethic Approach to Education and Ecotourism for Sustainability

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To contribute to achieving local and global sustainability, we propose a novel educational methodology, called field environmental philosophy (FEP), which orients ecotourism practices to reconnect citizens and nature. FEP is based on the systemic approach of the biocultural ethic that values the vital links among the life habits of co-inhabitants (humans and other-than-humans) who share a common habitat. Based on this “3Hs” model (habitats, co-inhabitants, habits), FEP combines tourism with experiential education to reorient biocultural homogenization toward biocultural conservation. FEP’s methodological approach seeks to integrate social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability by generating new links between biological and cultural diversity at different spatial and social scales. Ecotourism has an underutilized potential to link sciences with education and conservation practices at different scales. By incorporating a philosophical foundation, FEP broadens both understanding and practices of environmental education and sustainable tourism. FEP has been developed at the Omora Ethnobotanical Park in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile, at the southern end of the Americas since 2000, where it has oriented transdisciplinary work for the creation of new protected areas and ecotourism practices. FEP enables an integration of biophysical, cultural, and institutional dimensions into the design of ecotourism activities that transform and broaden the perceptions of tourists, local guides, students, and other participants to better appreciate local biological and cultural diversity. FEP’s methodology is starting to be adapted in other world regions, such as Germany, Japan, and Mexico, to integrate education and ecotourism for sustainability.

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“…Building on this, in tourism research, other scholars have studied the most productive and influential institutions (Law et al , 2010) and work produced in specific countries (Lojo et al , 2019); they have even mapped the research structure of specific journals within the field (Kumar et al , 2020; Mulet-Forteza et al , 2019a). Some studies focus on co-authorship or collaborative methods, but they are based on a specific sub-sector or field such as medical tourism (Virani et al , 2020), restaurant research (Rodríguez-López et al , 2020), food or gastronomy tourism (Celebi et al , 2020), eco-tourism (Shasha et al , 2020), family tourism (Mimi et al , 2020), smart tourism (Johnson and Samakovlis, 2019), creative tourism (Galvagno and Giaccone, 2019) or sustainable tourism (Serrano et al , 2019).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Authorship trends and collaboration patterns in hospitality and tourism research

Ramos-Rodríguez

Sancho

Martínez-Fierro

2021

IJCHM

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Purpose Analyze patterns of co-authorship in hospitality and tourism (H&T) research using bibliometric methods. The purpose of this paper is to answer three questions related to collaborative practices, the number of authors, the order of signatures and the role of the corresponding author. Design/methodology/approach The methodology is based on the bibliometric techniques of authorship analyzes published in leading H&T journals. Evaluative techniques provide longitudinal evidence of the evolution of some indicators of authors’ collaboration: the percentage of alphabetized authorships; the percentage of articles were the most relevant author signs in the first, middle or last position; and the position of the corresponding author in the by-line. Findings First, the collaborative nature of H&T research is confirmed; almost 80% of articles in the sample are co-authored. Second, over the past 30 years, the alphabetized signature model has been in decline in this field. Today, about 20% of articles indexed in JCR journals are signed alphabetically. Third, the first author’s placement is less consistent than that of the corresponding author. Practical implications This work provides relevant information on researchers’ authorship habits that may help evaluators assign credit and accountability and avoid malpractice in the authorial assignment. Originality/value This study explores the habits of researchers who collaborate to improve their productivity, impact and reputation. This is often linked to facilitating access to research funding and obtaining recognition from incentive systems. Yet, no research specifically examines trends in signature order or the corresponding author’s role in the H&T field.

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Past, current, and future perspectives on eco-tourism: a bibliometric review between 2001 and 2018

Cited by 97 publications

References 69 publications

Early Adopters’ Philosophies, Practices and Perspectives on Eco-Tourism and Eco-Certification: The Case of Ecotourism in Jamaica

Early Adopters’ Philosophies, Practices and Perspectives on Eco-Tourism and Eco-Certification: The Case of Ecotourism in Jamaica

Field Environmental Philosophy: A Biocultural Ethic Approach to Education and Ecotourism for Sustainability

Authorship trends and collaboration patterns in hospitality and tourism research

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