ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH

A review of early COVID-19 research in tourism: Launching the Annals of Tourism Research’s Curated Collection on coronavirus and tourism

Yang, Yang; Zhang, Carol X.; Rickly, Jillian M.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unparalleled impacts to the global tourism industry, thus inspiring a wave of academic research. This paper presents a review of the early literature on COVID-19 and tourism, representing 249 papers. The analysis revealed five key themes: (1) psychological effects and behavior; (2) responses, strategies, and resilience; (3) sustainable futures; (4) impact monitoring, valuation, and forecasting; and (5) technology adoption. However, this research also raises questions about theoretical contribution, methodologies, and future research potential. This article also launches the Annals of Tourism Research’s Curated Collection on coronavirus and tourism. The Collection contains all past articles published in Annals of Tourism Research on the topic and will continue to grow as new articles are added.

Keywords

COVID-19; Systematic literature review; Keyword co-frequency analysis; Research contribution

Research topic

Sustainability and Resilience

Research method

Geographic area

Additional links for this paper

ResearchGate

Publisher Website

Web of Science

HOW TO CITE

Yang, Y., Zhang, C., and Rickly, J. (2021). A review of early COVID-19 research in tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 91,10331

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