Heritage Tourism: a bibliometric review

The horizon of heritage tourism research has been expanding in tandem with the rapidly growing heritage tourism industry. The paper aims to accentuate the innovative concepts, patterns of scientific contribution, and emerging research arena using knowledge domain visualization software-CiteSpace. Analysis of the data set revealed seven active clusters. The sub-areas lately in focus are sustainable tourism activities, integration of heritage in urban planning, and local communities' perspectives. Future research may be conducted in evolving areas like heritage tourism around volcanic regions, analyzing indigenous people's psychological constructs towards involvement in heritage tourism, and promoting international festivals in heritage places.