Shopping Tourism: A Bibliometric Review from 1979 to 2021

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https://doi.org/10.29036/jots.v15i28.598

Abstract

The discipline of shopping tourism has seen a surge in published research in recent years, covering a wide range of topics and issues. However, there are surprisingly few reviews and/or bibliometric studies to review and visually map the literature in this field of research. As a result, the present work has employed a comprehensive bibliometric and systematic review concerning shopping tourism-related articles published in academic journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science databases between 1979 and 2021. Two methodologies were used in this bibliometric analysis. The first is performance analysis, which analyzes the contributions of the components that comprise research in shopping tourism. The second method is scientific mapping, which outlines the connections (i.e., intellectual, social, and conceptual structure) between facets related to shopping tourism. Using Bradford's and Lotka's laws, the research revealed a remarkable increase in shopping tourism sources, authors, and articles, reflecting a substantial evolutionary curve of this research theme. Various affiliations and countries have contributed considerably to shopping tourism research during the period. The analysis of science mapping produced a substantial understanding of shopping tourism's social, intellectual, and conceptual structure. This review article provides several implications for research via perspicuous overviews and insights into shopping tourism, Big Data, and its knowledge structures. It also holds a variety of practical implications for tourism policymakers, destination management organizations (DMOs), and tourism marketers regarding the key themes, new trends, and main contributors to shopping tourism research over four decades of research.

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Foued Ben Said, MOCFINE Research Laboratory, Manouba University, Tunisia

Foued Ben Said

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6951-9490

Affiliation: MOCFINE Research Laboratory, Manouba University, Tunisia http://www.uma.rnu.tn/index.php?code=5.

Email: foued.bensaid@esct.uma.tn

Associate- professor of statistics and Data analysis, department of Quantitative Methods, High School of Business, Manouba University, Tunisia and member of MOCFIN Research Lab; Mannouba University.  Graduated in Applied statistics, Applied Econometrics and Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis. He has a PhD in Economic Sciences 2012.  Research Fields:  Applied statistics, Applied Spatial Econometric, Quantitative and Qualitative data analysis and bibliometric analysis. He published research papers in Tourism and Tourist behavior.

Natanya Meyer, DHET-NRF SARChI Entrepreneurship Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Natanya Meyer

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3296-7374

Affiliation: DHET-NRF SARChI Entrepreneurship Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Email: natanyam@uj.ac.za

Natanya has been involved in the development of entrepreneurial student societies, served as an executive member of the Golden Triangle Chamber of Commerce (GTCOC) and as a community of practice member in the Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) initiative launched by the Department of Higher Education (DHE) in 2017. She is also the co-author of the latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor South Africa report. She enjoys research and receives a Y-rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF) in 2021. So far, she has published more than 70 peer reviewed articles in national and international journals and conference proceedings as a sole and co-author respectively. Her research focuses on entrepreneurial and economic-related topics with a focus on females, youth and the enabling environment. She is a editor, senior editor, guest editor and editorial board member as well as a reviewer for several national and international journals and has collaboration links with various international universities.

Nedra Bahri-Ammari, Department of Marketing, IHEC, ECSTRA Laboratory, Carthage University, Tunis, Tunisia

Nedra Bahri-Ammari

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9307-9843

Affiliation: Department of Marketing, IHEC, ECSTRA Laboratory, Carthage University, Tunis, Tunisia

Email: nedra.bahri.ammari@ihec.ucar.tn

Nedra Bahri-Ammari is an associate professor of marketing and responsible of the Research Master of Marketing at IHEC of Carthage, Tunisia. Dr. Bahri’s researches include: customer relationships management (CRM), social-CRM, Digital Marketing, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented reality, Web 4.0, tourism marketing and tourism behavior. She has published in reputed peer-reviewed academic journals (indexed JCR, ABDC, CNRS, Scopus…) as: Journal of Business Research; Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services; International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management; International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction; International Journal of Mobile Communications, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology; Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship; Management Research Review. She has published a book on CRM and loyalty strategy, also participated in the writing of books on tourism and social CRM, Competitive Social Media & marketing Strategies IGI Global; Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technologies, 4th Edition of the IGI Global Scholarly reference book. She has published in international and national academic conferences proceedings (EUROMED, AFM, World Research Summit for Hospitality and Tourism, Academy of Marketing Science). And she serves as an editorial board member and reviewer for some of international journals.

Mohammad Soliman, Research and Consultation Department, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Salalah, Oman & Faculty of Tourism & Hotels, Fayoum University, Fyoum, Egypt

Mohammad Soliman

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9359-763X  

Affiliation: Research and Consultation Department, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Salalah, Oman & Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt

Email: msoliman.sal@cas.edu.om     

Mohammad Soliman is currently the Head of Research & Consultation Department at the University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Salalah, Oman. He is also a Full Professor at the Faculty of Tourism & Hotels, Fayoum University, Egypt. He has published multiple papers in high-rank journals indexed in WoS and Scopus (e.g., Tourism Management Perspectives, Journal of Destination Management & Marketing, Current Issues in Tourism, Tourism Review, Journal of Tourism and Services, Journal of Service Theory & Practice, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Journal of Medical Systems, Journal of Consumer Behaviour, Mindfulness, Geoheritage, Current Psychology, Journal of Tourism Futures, etc.). Additionally, he sits on the editorial board of different academic journals and serves as a reviewer for several top-tier journals. He has successfully supervised and examined several master’s and PhD theses. His research interests include tourism marketing, consumer behavior, branding, AI-enabled education and marketing, tourism management, PLS-SEM, bibliometrics, and literature review studies.

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Published

2024-06-14

How to Cite

Ben Said, F., Meyer, N., Bahri-Ammari, N. ., & Soliman, M. . (2024). Shopping Tourism: A Bibliometric Review from 1979 to 2021. Journal of Tourism and Services, 15(28), 61–88. https://doi.org/10.29036/jots.v15i28.598

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Vol. 15 No. 28 (2024): Journal of Tourism and Services

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Scientific Papers

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