Retrospective Analysis of Trends in Pilgrimage Tourism Research
C. Veera Sankara ReddyKrishna Naik Khatravathi
C. Veera Sankara Reddy
Research Scholar, Department of History,
Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, Andhra Pradesh
Krishna Naik Khatravathi
Professor, Department of History,
Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, Andhra Pradesh
ABSTRACT
Authors reviewed academic research published in pilgrimage and religious tourism during 2010 to 2019 to know the growth, influence and themes of the research. Authors used bibliometric studies to review the documents published over a decade. Through an advanced search, authors found 1907 articles and analyzed them using various tools such as Microsoft excel and VOS viewer data visualization tool. Various bibliometric tools were used to study the yearly progress document, citations and keyword analysis. Year-wise publication analysis shows that there is an increased output of the research over the years. Research on pilgrimage tourism contributed from a variety of disciplines. The most cited and published author works are from the field of medicine. Authors are affiliated mainly to the Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia followed by the Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, United States published the most. The most productive country is the United States of America, a productive journal in terms of publications is an international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage, and most cited publications are from annals of tourism research. The most frequently published topics are pilgrimage, religious tourism tourist, hajj, diseases, and Saudi Arabia. This work is useful for understanding the progress, productivity and leading research topics in pilgrimage tourism.
Keywords: Religious Tourism, Pilgrimage, Spirituality, Bibliometric analysis, Keyword Analysis.
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