Analysis of tourism resilience research and climate change using scientometric method

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 Department of Tourism Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, University of Allameh Tabatabaei, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Public Administration , Faculty of Management and Accounting, University of Allameh Tabatabaei, Tehran , Iran

3 Department of Human Geography and Planning, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

10.22059/jut.2025.383485.1235

Abstract

A B S T R A C T
The tourism industry is the largest and most influential economic sector in the world, contributing to income generation and employment generation in host communities. In recent decades, many variables have directly and indirectly affected this industry. Among these variables, destination choice has been directly and climate change has been indirectly. The impact of climate change on tourism has been considered in many scientific studies, and solutions such as resilience and adapting tourism to these changes have been proposed to reduce vulnerability.The aim of this study is to describe and map the articles published in the field of tourism, resilience and climate change using a scientometric method that draws a knowledge map and thematic clustering of this field. Within the framework of this method, the articles indexed between 2007 and 2023 were examined using the “VOSviewer” and “Gephi” software, considering the keywords of tourism, climate change and resilience. The results of the study showed that the United States, England, Canada, and Australia have the most research studies with a high degree of author centrality. The concepts and keywords of climate change, tourism, resilience, adaptation, vulnerability, sustainability, risk management, and climate impacts have been used most often, either alone or in pairs. In this study, unfortunately, Iran has not played a reliable role in producing science in this field compared to other countries and has had a limited cooperation network with other countries in the world.
Extended abstract
Introduction
The tourism industry is the largest and most influential economic sector in the world, which helps generate income and employment in the host communities. In recent decades, many variables have directly and indirectly affected this industry. Among these variables, the choice of destination is directly and climate change are indirectly influential. Therefore Destination selection and travel request under the influence Climate change is placed and can Climate change leads to a decrease in the attractiveness of tourist destinations and threats Environmental issues to be As a result Economy of host regions He faces danger.hence In order to face this challenge and preserve tourism destinations that are affected by climate change, it is necessary to direct tourism activities towards resilience and adaptation to these changes.Given that Changes the weather on the ecological landscape, water resources, vegetation and other environmental capacities of destinations tourism Significant effects leaves Therefore,study Resilience and adaptability of tourism with that It is of special importance.
Despite the importance of this issue, limited research has been done on the resilience of tourism to climate change, especially at the international and national levels. As a country with high potential in the tourism industry, Iran has not been able to play an effective role in scientific studies in this field and create a strong international scientific cooperation network. This issue is considered as a study gap in the scientific literature and requires more attention to research in the field of tourism resilience and its adaptation to climate change..
Therefore In this research to Investigating and analyzing the status of research conducted in the field of tourism resilience against climate change and identifying existing gaps paid is to provide suitable solutions to improve and develop this industry against the challenges caused by climate change.
 
 
 
Methodology
In this research Scientific method has been used to collect and analyze data. The main goal it Description and analysis of articles published in the field of resilience, tourism and climate change. In order to do this, all articles indexed in the database Scopus were extracted and analyzed in the period from 2007 to 2023. VOS Viewer and Gephi scientometric software were used for data analysis. These softwares provide the possibility of analyzing scientific networks, co-authorship, co-citation and scientific communication. Using these tools, knowledge maps and thematic clusters were drawn in the fields of resilience, tourism and climate change.
The statistical population of the research included 337 scientific records that were distributed in three main areas of resilience, tourism and climate change. To analyze the results, first the co-authorship networks of countries and authors were examined and then the most used keywords in these fields were analyzed.
 
Results and discussion
The results of the current research, which was conducted using the scientific method in the field of resilience, climate change and tourism, analyzed the articles and keywords used in this field. Based on the findings of this research:

The growth process of articles: The number of articles in the period from 2007 to 2023 has been increasing despite fluctuations and has reached its peak in 2023.
Cooperation network of countries: Countries like America, England, Canada and Australia have published the most articles and have extensive research collaborations with other countries. Iran has a limited role in this field and needs to increase international participation to improve its position.
Highly cited journals Journals such as Sustainable Tourism and Tourism Management have played a key role in publishing articles in the field of resilience and tourism.
Frequently used keywords: The most important keywords of this research include "climate changes", "tourism", "resilience", "adaptability" and "sustainability", which shows the importance of these topics in recent researches.
Collaboration of researchers: In the collaboration network between researchers, people like Silva and Bouma have played a prominent role in scientific publication and collaboration.

The results show that more attention is needed for the resilience of tourism against climate change and international cooperation should be strengthened to improve Iran's research level.
 
Conclusion
This research shows gave that climate changes have profound effects on the tourism industry and making this industry resilient against these changes An inevitable necessity is Scientific results show gave Researches related to tourism resilience and climate change have grown significantly in the last two decades, although they have faced stagnation in some years. Countries like America, England, Canada and Australia are leaders in this field of research and the most participation and They have co-authorship with other countries, while Iran has played a minor role in these studies.
In This study showed that the articles published in this field More focused on keywords such as climate change, tourism, resilience, adaptation and sustainability has been. Also, magazines like Sustainable Tourism and Tourism Management play a central role in the dissemination of scientific findings in this field have had
Based on the results of this research, there is a deep gap in Iran's internal studies compared to other leading countries. In order to solve this gap and improve Iran's scientific position, the need for international cooperation and the development of scientific research in this field is felt. Finally, paying attention to the resilience and adaptation of tourism to climate change not only helps to maintain tourism destinations, but also promotes economic sustainability and environmental will be in these areas as well.
 
Funding
There is no funding support.
Authors’ Contribution
Authors contributed equally to the conceptualization and writing of the article. All of the authors approved thecontent of the manuscript and agreed on all aspects of the work declaration of competing interest none.
 
Conflict of Interest
Authors declared no conflict of interest.
 
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to all the scientific consultants of this paper.

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