Abstract
This paper reviews the academic literature related to religious tourism through a bibliometric study and citations of articles indexed in the multidisciplinary database Web of Science (WoS). Through an advanced search by terms, a representative set of 103 documents that form the ad-hoc basis of the analysis were selected. In view of the results, it is concluded that the United States is at the forefront of research, with almost 20% of the articles affiliated to one of its centres, mainly university centres. Publications on religious tourism are currently in an exponential growth stage, supported by the annual increase in the number of citations received. These papers are published in a small number of journals well positioned in their JCR category, classified within the field of Social Sciences Research.
Highlights
Since ancient times, travelling for fervor and religious devotion purposes have been present in humanity
A publication on religious tourism in Web of Science (WoS) appeared for the first time in 1968
2, there has been a constant increase in theofannual volume of studies, reaching the last decade be explained by two factors: first, the number researchers around the world has the most significant figure in 2016 with 21 papers
Summary
Since ancient times, travelling for fervor and religious devotion purposes have been present in humanity In this way, religious tourism starts from the moment people begin a journey due to a question of belief. Religious issues are not the only ones considered by visitors to religious sites or events, and their motivation is composed of religious, cultural, traditional, spiritual, and landscape patterns, which often interact in the intention and decision to set out on a trip (Abbate and Nuovo 2013; Amaro et al 2018; Drule et al 2015; Hughes et al 2013; Kaewumpai 2018; Kim and Kim 2018; Olsen 2013; Terzidou et al 2018; Wang et al 2016). This means that, in the last decades, traditional pilgrimage destinations have become tourist sites of multifunctional nature (Kaufman 2005) that welcome moved by their religious beliefs and those interested in their historical heritage or architectural, cultural, or artistic value (Hughes et al 2013; Hyde and Harman 2011; Fernandes et al 2012; Geary 2018; Musa et al 2017; Ramírez and Fernández 2018; Shinde 2007)
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