A CONTEMPORARY BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF CULINARY TOURISM LITERATURE

Miljan Leković; Nemanja  Pantić; Tanja  Stanišić; Sonja Lazarević

doi:10.59267/ekoPolj23041101L

Authors

Miljan Leković University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism in Vrnjačka Banja, Vojvođanska 5A, 36210 Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4952-3991
Nemanja Pantić University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism in Vrnjačka Banja, Vojvođanska 5A, 36210 Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0030-6950
Tanja Stanišić University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism in Vrnjačka Banja, Vojvođanska 5A, 36210 Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5809-794X
Sonja Lazarević University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism in Vrnjačka Banja, Vojvođanska 5A, 36210 Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9913-4495

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59267/ekoPolj23041101L

Keywords:

culinary tourism, evaluative bibliometric analysis, Web of Science

Abstract

Culinary tourism is recognized in academic literature as an initiator of cultural revitalization, social and economic development, as well as a source of recreation, entertainment, socializing and learning. Due to the increasing interest of the academic community in this topic, this paper refers to an evaluative bibliometric analysis of the contemporary culinary tourism literature published in the WoS category: Hospitality Leisure Sport Tourism. The aim of the paper is to provide an insight into the current state and dynamics of the development of this field through a detailed analysis of the intellectual structure of culinary tourism, the predominant research topics, the applied research methodology and the most influential articles, authors and academic journals. A critical review of the literature published in the previous decade will enable to identify research gaps as well as to suggest directions for future research whose implementation would bring the field of culinary tourism closer to the stage of maturity and roundness of scientific thought. The sublimation of the culinary tourism literature published in the most prestigious academic journals over the past decade should provide the basis for further research efforts and discussions by the academic community.

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