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Tourism Management in National Parks : Development, Aspects, and Conceptual Framework Geng, Dehui Christina; Harshaw, Howard W.; Gaston, Christopher W.; Wu, Wanl; Wang, Guangyu

Abstract

Outdoor recreation in national parks has significantly driven the growth of tourism globally. Research on tourism management in national parks has grown due to increasing scholarly interest in the field. This paper presents a bibliometric review of the development, aspects, and applications of national park tourism management. Data were collected from the Web of Science core collection database, and a total of 3438 research articles from 1980 to 2022 were selected and analyzed using VOSViewer (Version 1.6.19). We here analyze and visualize the co-occurrence of research keywords with temporal overlay and cluster analysis. We also present a content analysis and conceptual and management frameworks by examining multiple aspects of tourism management to offer detail aspect-based management implications. These can assist various park stakeholders, scholars, and associated collaborative efforts with the issue of how to best manage national park tourism in the context of an uncertain future and increasing conflicts of interests.

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Title
Tourism Management in National Parks : Development, Aspects, and Conceptual Framework
Creator
Geng, Dehui Christina; Harshaw, Howard W.; Gaston, Christopher W.; Wu, Wanl; Wang, Guangyu
Contributor
University of British Columbia. National Parks Research Center
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Date Issued
2025-06-08
Description
Outdoor recreation in national parks has significantly driven the growth of tourism globally. Research on tourism management in national parks has grown due to increasing scholarly interest in the field. This paper presents a bibliometric review of the development, aspects, and applications of national park tourism management. Data were collected from the Web of Science core collection database, and a total of 3438 research articles from 1980 to 2022 were selected and analyzed using VOSViewer (Version 1.6.19). We here analyze and visualize the co-occurrence of research keywords with temporal overlay and cluster analysis. We also present a content analysis and conceptual and management frameworks by examining multiple aspects of tourism management to offer detail aspect-based management implications. These can assist various park stakeholders, scholars, and associated collaborative efforts with the issue of how to best manage national park tourism in the context of an uncertain future and increasing conflicts of interests.
Subject
tourism management; national park; bibliometric review; content analysis; management implications; conceptual framework
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2025-07-04
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
CC BY 4.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0449265
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/91503
Affiliation
Forestry, Faculty of; Non UBC; Wood Science, Department of
Citation
Forests 16 (6): 970 (2025)
Publisher DOI
10.3390/f16060970
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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