Abstract
This paper reviews the trends of Place Attachment research which appears in tourism journals from 1992 to 2013. Content analysis was performed as a research approach with a total of 104 published journal articles being selected from seven tourism journals and one environmental psychology journal. The articles were classified in relation to the following criteria: date of research, research topic, object (type of setting) and subject of attachment, research methods and data analysis. Review of related literature showed that the volume of Place Attachment research has evidently increased since 2010 and some of it is focused on natural destinations. This study also indicated that research themes are limited and quantitative methods are largely used in tourism journals. Finally, on the basis of the results, this paper emphasized the significance of Place Attachment research in tourism studies and proposes potential research direction in tourism studies.
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