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<p>The current trend in tourism is no longer one of relaxation in the two important seasons but of experiential tourism, developing of new types of tourism, each country identifying (but especially reinventing) its own potential and promoting it below the form of innovative tourist packages and/or products and/or services. Innovation as a concept is setting up the scene for economic growth and is an important tool for economic progress and competitiveness. The aim of this research is to make a bibliometric analysis to find out the most important aspects of innovation linked to tourism as sustainable solutions for tourism in emerging economies. As methods for bibliometric analysis the VOSviewer 1.6.18 software was used on the Web of Science papers to find out the research concepts linked to innovation and tourism. Also, we applied Google Trends search for some of the newest types of tourism to find out the interest of tourists over the last two decades (2010 – 2023) for innovative products from tourism industry (such as: babymoon, adventure, medical, dental, hunting, ecotourism, heritage, museum, etc.). The results emphasis the relation between innovation, tourism, information technology (internet, smart tourism, innovative technology), stakeholders (governments, organizations, municipalities, communities), tourism experience, tourism destination, tourism services, product innovation, competitiveness advantages, economic development, performance, cultural heritage, rural area, ecotourism.</p>
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The current trend in tourism is no longer one of relaxation in the two important seasons but of experiential tourism, developing of new types of tourism, each country identifying (but especially reinventing) its own potential and promoting it below the form of innovative tourist packages and/or products and/or services. Innovation as a concept is setting up the scene for economic growth and is an important tool for economic progress and competitiveness. The aim of this research is to make a bibliometric analysis to find out the most important aspects of innovation linked to tourism as sustainable solutions for tourism in emerging economies. As methods for bibliometric analysis the VOSviewer 1.6.18 software was used on the Web of Science papers to find out the research concepts linked to innovation and tourism. Also, we applied Google Trends search for some of the newest types of tourism to find out the interest of tourists over the last two decades (2010 – 2023) for innovative products from tourism industry (such as: babymoon, adventure, medical, dental, hunting, ecotourism, heritage, museum, etc.). The results emphasis the relation between innovation, tourism, information technology (internet, smart tourism, innovative technology), stakeholders (governments, organizations, municipalities, communities), tourism experience, tourism destination, tourism services, product innovation, competitiveness advantages, economic development, performance, cultural heritage, rural area, ecotourism.

Innovative Tourism Products as Sustainable Solutions for Emerging Economies

“G.E. Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș

Faculty of Economics and Law, ED1 – Economic Science Department

ECONOMICS

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The current trend in tourism is no longer one of relaxation in the two important seasons but of experiential tourism, developing of new types of tourism, each...

Innovative Tourism Products as Sustainable Solutions for Emerging Economies

Online veröffentlicht: 01. Mai 2023

Seitenbereich: 69 - 83

Eingereicht: 10. Feb. 2023

Akzeptiert: 30. Mai 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eoik-2023-0007

Schlüsselwörter
innovation, tourism, new type of tourism, qualitative analysis, bibliometric analysis, VOSviewer, Google Trends

© 2023 Manuela Rozalia Gabor et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Innovative Tourism Products as Sustainable Solutions for Emerging Economies

Online veröffentlicht: 01. Mai 2023

Seitenbereich: 69 - 83

Eingereicht: 10. Feb. 2023

Akzeptiert: 30. Mai 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eoik-2023-0007

Schlüsselwörterinnovation, tourism, new type of tourism, qualitative analysis, bibliometric analysis, VOSviewer, Google Trends

© 2023 Manuela Rozalia Gabor et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
innovation, tourism, new type of tourism, qualitative analysis, bibliometric analysis, VOSviewer, Google Trends