Artículos

This work aims to present a systematic review of the literature on Scientific Tourism, in the Brazilian and international contexts. Through exploratory research and systematic and bibliometric reviews of the literature, in Web of Science, Scopus, and Publicacoes de Turismo databases, this study sought to identify scientific paper production related to the term “Scientific Tourism” until the present moment. A total of 32 articles were qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed, using Mendeley, Excel, QGIS and IRAMUTEQ software. Bibliometric laws were also verified. The main results point to a concentration of studies in 2016, and coming from European countries, especially from Poland. The articles were published in 23 journals from 13 countries, with emphasis on: Ido Movement for Culture, Annals of Tourism Research and Revista Brasileira de Ecoturismo. A total of 65 authors or co-authors were identified, the main ones being Polish: Wojciech J. Cynarski and Krzysztof Kubala. The categorization of themes around Scientific Tourism brings together discussions about scientific travel and events, nature tourism, education, geotourism, and socioeconomic development. Finally, the need for publications that deepen the theoretical discussion on Scientific Tourism is highlighted.

Geodiversity has elements of exceptional scientific value that are considered to represent geoheritage, or geological heritage. One way to conserve and promote the knowledge of these elements is through the initiatives of United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Global Geoparks, which, over a decade ago, began to notably highlight a new sustainable tourism alternative called geotourism, or geological tourism, that promotes the protection of the unique geological resources of territory and, at the same time, provides social, economic, and environmental benefits. This study aims to investigate the scientific information related to geotourism in the Scopus database through a bibliometric analysis, using the VOSviewer software, for the evaluation of the structure, conceptual evolution, and trends of geotourism following related publications. The research comprises four study phases: (i) search criteria of the research field; (ii) search and selection of documents; (iii) software and data extraction; and (iv) analysis of results and trends. The results present geotourism as a scientific discipline that is in a phase of exponential research growth and exhibits its scientific productivity from 1984 to 2019, where three main periods are differentiated: introduction, theoretical development, and diversification of information. The most active research area is geomorphological heritage, which is very far from the emerging line of research of engineering geology in geotourism. However, growing exploration during the last six years has generated the development of various geoscientific branches promoted by geotourism that, currently, present their research area trends such as geosites, geoheritages, and geoparks.

The objective of this research work is to know, through a bibliometric and bibliographic analysis, the research that on Creative Tourism, in small cities and/or rural areas, has been carried out until now. The work methodology is developed through a descriptive-quantitative bibliometric analysis, applying different bibliometric indicators, providing information on the evolution of the research, identifying the researchers or groups working on this subject, the disciplines from which it is studied and the means, through which the results are disseminated. In addition, a bibliographic analysis of the content of the identified studies is carried out, to know the results achieved as well as the methodology used in the investigations. The bibliographic material to be analyzed is obtained using a methodology of tracking in the international databases Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus. The results, collected in a database, are made up of a small number of investigations, focused mostly on the study of relevant cases of success due to the effects of diversification of the economy, or the development of capacities that have enabled to create a different tourist potential and with identity to attract tourists in these areas.