A Tri-Method Approach to a Review of Adventure Tourism Literature: Bibliometric Analysis, Content Analysis, and a Quantitative Systematic Literature Review

Cheng, M; Edwards, D; Darcy, S; Redfern, K

A Tri-Method Approach to a Review of Adventure Tourism Literature: Bibliometric Analysis, Content Analysis, and a Quantitative Systematic Literature Review

Cheng, M

Edwards, D

Darcy, S

Redfern, K

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, 2018, 42 (6), pp. 997 - 1020
Issue Date:: 2018-08-01

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dc.contributor.author	Cheng, M https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3706-3374	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Edwards, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8345-9700	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Darcy, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-2566	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Redfern, K	en_US
dc.date.available	2015-11-17	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-08-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, 2018, 42 (6), pp. 997 - 1020	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1096-3480	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/67271
dc.description.abstract	© The Author(s) 2016. This article provides an objective, systematic, and integrated review of the Western academic literature on adventure tourism to discover the theoretical foundations and key themes underlying the field by combining three complementary approaches of bibliometric analysis, content analysis, and a quantitative systematic review. A total of 114 publications on adventure tourism were identified that revealed three broad areas of foci with adventure tourism research: (1) adventure tourism experience, (2) destination planning and development, and (3) adventure tourism operators. Adventure tourism has an intellectual tradition from multiple disciplines, such as the social psychology of sport and recreation. There is an underrepresentation of studies examining non-Western tourists in their own geographic contexts or non-Western tourists in Western geographic contexts. Our findings pave ways for developing a more robust framework and holistic understanding of the adventure tourism field.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1096348016640588	en_US
dc.title	A Tri-Method Approach to a Review of Adventure Tourism Literature: Bibliometric Analysis, Content Analysis, and a Quantitative Systematic Literature Review	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	6	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	42	en_US
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utslib.for	1506 Tourism	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	6	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	42	en_US

Abstract:

© The Author(s) 2016. This article provides an objective, systematic, and integrated review of the Western academic literature on adventure tourism to discover the theoretical foundations and key themes underlying the field by combining three complementary approaches of bibliometric analysis, content analysis, and a quantitative systematic review. A total of 114 publications on adventure tourism were identified that revealed three broad areas of foci with adventure tourism research: (1) adventure tourism experience, (2) destination planning and development, and (3) adventure tourism operators. Adventure tourism has an intellectual tradition from multiple disciplines, such as the social psychology of sport and recreation. There is an underrepresentation of studies examining non-Western tourists in their own geographic contexts or non-Western tourists in Western geographic contexts. Our findings pave ways for developing a more robust framework and holistic understanding of the adventure tourism field.

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