---
title: "Destination management research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “destination management” appeared in 303 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in tourism and hospitality (275), management (8) and economics (5)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “destination management” appeared in 303 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in tourism and hospitality (275), management (8) and economics (5). (as of 2026-11-04)"
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# Papers on “destination management”

Research on “destination management” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/keywords.md

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “destination management” appeared in 303 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in tourism and hospitality (275), management (8) and economics (5).
- 31 of them were published in 2025, against 24 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Surrey (8), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (7) and Sun Yat-sen University (7).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Destination Marketing & Management (28), Tourism Management (18) and Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management (16).
- The most-cited of them is “What is food tourism?” (Tourism Management, 2018), with 707 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 21 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 39 | 36 | 25 | 33 | 27 | 27 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 24 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 39 | 40 | 27 | 35 | 31 | 32 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Destination Marketing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-destination-marketing-management.md) | 28 |
| 2 | [Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management.md) | 18 |
| 3 | [Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-hospitality-and-tourism-management.md) | 16 |
| 4 | [Annals of Tourism Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-tourism-research.md) | 14 |
| 5 | [Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-outdoor-recreation-and-tourism.md) | 14 |
| 6 | [Tourism Management Perspectives](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management-perspectives.md) | 11 |
| 7 | [Information Technology & Tourism](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-technology-tourism.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-tourism-research-empirical-insights.md) | 3 |
| 9 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2 |
| 10 | [Electronic Markets](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/electronic-markets.md) | 2 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [University of Surrey](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-surrey.md) | 8 |
| 2 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 7 |
| 3 | [Sun Yat-sen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sun-yat-sen-university.md) | 7 |
| 4 | Universitat de les Illes Balears | 6 |
| 5 | [Griffith University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/griffith-university.md) | 5 |
| 6 | [Kyung Hee University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/kyung-hee-university.md) | 5 |
| 7 | [City University of Macau](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-macau.md) | 4 |
| 8 | [Edith Cowan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/edith-cowan-university.md) | 4 |
| 9 | Universidad de Málaga | 4 |
| 10 | University of Greenwich | 4 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 43 |
| 2 | Spain | 24 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 23 |
| 4 | United States | 19 |
| 5 | Australia | 14 |
| 6 | Macao | 12 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 8 |
| 8 | South Korea | 7 |
| 9 | Brazil | 3 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 3 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [sustainable tourism](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-tourism.md) | 19 |
| 2 | [destination image](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/destination-image.md) | 11 |
| 3 | [tourism promotion](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/tourism-promotion.md) | 11 |
| 4 | tourist satisfaction | 9 |
| 5 | smart tourism destinations | 8 |
| 6 | destination competitiveness | 7 |
| 7 | [online reviews](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/online-reviews.md) | 6 |
| 8 | overtourism | 6 |
| 9 | pro-environmental behavior | 6 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 707 | 6.9 | [What is food tourism?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.03.025) | [Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management.md) | 2018-04-04 | Ashleigh Ellis, Eerang Park, Sangkyun Kim et al. |
| 2 | 572 | 7.4 | [Destination image and tourist behavioural intentions: A meta-analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2020.104154) | [Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management.md) | 2020-05-19 | Mona Afshardoost, Mohammad Sadegh Eshaghi |
| 3 | 415 | 3.8 | [Creating value from Social Big Data: Implications for Smart Tourism Destinations](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2017.10.006) | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | 2017-11-01 | Pasquale Del Vecchio, Gioconda Mele, Valentina Ndou et al. |
| 4 | 396 | 4.5 | [Analysing TripAdvisor reviews of tourist attractions in Phuket, Thailand](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2019.06.020) | [Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management.md) | 2019-07-05 | Viriya Taecharungroj, Boonyanit Mathayomchan |
| 5 | 301 | 3.4 | [Developing a model for sustainable smart tourism destinations: A systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2019.06.002) | [Tourism Management Perspectives](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management-perspectives.md) | 2019-06-20 | Sanaz Shafiee, Ali Rajabzadeh Ghatari, Alireza Hassanzadeh et al. |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “destination management”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/destination-management

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@misc{scholar4ai-keywords-destination-management,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “destination management”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/destination-management}},
  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).