TOURISM AND COVID-19. SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS IN SCOPUS

Abstract

This paper analyzes the scientific production about tourism and Covid-19 on the Scopus database. The methodology is based on an exploratory-descriptive study with a hindsight design. The time frame studied was from 2019 to 2021. In a first instance, the methodological procedure included the definition of keywords for a generic search, followed by the standardization using the software EndNote X9 and last, the data analysis through Bibexcel, Microsoft Excel 2013, PAJEX, and Vosviewer. Four hundred eighty three papers were identified and most of them (72.26%) were academic articles. The scientific journals with the highest production are Tourism Geographies, Sustainability Switzerland y Current Issues in Tourism. By countries, institutions from USA, UK and China lead the scientific production on this issue. The topics studied on the publications that were analysed show a similar evolution to the pandemic phases worldwide.