La pandemia de COVID-19 : su impacto en la literatura económica sobre turismo y las crisis

Abstract

La pandemia de COVID-19 tuvo un impacto significativo en la industria del turismo a nivel global, lo que ha generado un aumento en la producción de literatura economica relacionada con el turismo y las crisis. Con el propósito de evaluar el impacto del COVID-19 en el estado actual de la literatura y explorar posibles direcciones para futuras investigaciones, este estudio analizó un conjunto de 3,990 publicaciones económicas de la base de datos Scopus y realizó un análisis bibliométrico comparativo entre la literatura previa y posterior al surgimiento de la pandemia. Este análisis bibliométrico incluye la cartografía de los autores más relevantes, las naciones implicadas y las revistas predominantes en este campo. Además, se investigó la red colaboración de autores y de países, y se llevó a cabo un mapeo de palabras clave de los autores para explorar la estructura temática de la literatura considerada. Los hallazgos sobresalientes de esta investigación engloban la confirmación de un aumento significativo en la importancia de la literatura relacionada con crisis y turismo, particularmente aquella que abarca las crisis sanitarias, en comparación con la literatura económica centrada en el turismo. Este incremento fue particularmente notable durante los años de la pandemia. A su vez, evidencia que la literatura que aborda las crisis y el turismo presenta una fuerte perspectiva económica. Asimismo, al tiempo que comprobó una expansión y densificación de las redes de colaboración entre autores, se identificó un cambio en la importancia relativa de las regiones geográficas más influyentes. China emerge como líder en el período posterior a la pandemia, desplazando a los Estados Unidos, el Reino Unido y Australia, que anteriormente ocupaban una posición dominante en la investigación en este campo.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the global tourism industry, leading to an increase in the production of economic literature related to tourism and crises. In order to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the current state of literature and explore potential directions for future research, this study has gathered a set of 3,990 economic publications from the Scopus database and conducted a comparative bibliometric analysis between literature before and after the emergence of the pandemic. This bibliometric analysis includes mapping the most relevant authors, the involved nations, and the predominant journals in this field. Furthermore, collaboration between authors and countries has been investigated, and author keyword mapping has been carried out to explore the thematic structure of the considered literature. The outstanding findings of this research encompass the confirmation of a significant increase in the importance of literature related to crises and tourism compared to economically focused tourism literature. Further more, it has been observed that this increase was particularly pronounced during the years of the pandemic. It has become evident that literature addressing crises and tourism carries a strong economic perspective. Additionally, an expected rise in studies exploring health crises and their connection to tourism has been noted. Another relevant discovery includes the expansion of author collaboration networks. Furthermore, a shift in the relative importance of the most influential geographical regions has been identified, with China emerging as a leader in the post-pandemic period, displacing the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, which previously held a dominant position in research in this field. the years of the pandemic. It has become evident that literature addressing crises and tourism carries a strong economic perspective. Additionally, an expected rise in studies exploring health crises and their connection to tourism has been noted. Another relevant discovery includes the expansion of author collaboration networks. Furthermore, a shift in the relative importance of the most influential geographical regions has been identified, with China emerging as a leader in the post-pandemic period, displacing the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, which previously held a dominant position in research in this field.