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Arid Land Geography ›› 2026, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (5): 1087-1099.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2025.363

• Tourism Geography • Previous Articles    

Research progress of tourism ecological security in domestic and foreign countries based on knowledge map

DU Shaobo1,2(), XIE Huichun2,3, JI Hairui4()   

  1. 1 College of Geographical Sciences, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810008, Qinghai, China
    2 Qilian Mountain Southern Slope Forest Ecosystem Research Station, Huzhu 810500, Qinghai, China
    3 Academy of Life Science, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810008, Qinghai, China
    4 School of Economics and Management, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810008, Qinghai, China
  • Received:2025-06-24 Revised:2025-07-02 Online:2026-05-25 Published:2026-05-25
  • Contact: JI Hairui E-mail:wo827288809@163.com;1002171365@qq.com

Abstract:

With the development of the tourism industry and the increasingly fragile ecological environment, the issue of ecological security in tourism has attracted attention. Using 277 domestic and international studies on tourism ecological security from the Web of Science and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, a knowledge graph was developed using CiteSpace visualization analysis software. The results show that (1) From 2000 to 2024, the number of published papers on tourism ecological security, both domestically and internationally, has generally been increasing. (2) Among foreign research organizations, Australia and the USA have published a relatively large number of papers. Among domestic research organizations, the Tourism College of Hunan Normal University has published the largest number of papers. (3) Foreign research tends to apply interdisciplinary methods, such as deep learning and internet of things technology, to explore global issues, such as climate change, sustainability, and ecological integrity, with a relatively broad research scale. Domestic research focuses on the application of methods such as geographic detectors and driving factors-pressure-state-impact-response models, focusing on multi-dimensional issues such as the evaluation of tourist destinations, spatiotemporal evolution, and sustainable development. The research scale has a more detailed regional division. (4) Keyword emergent analysis reveals that foreign countries pay more attention to the interactions and influencing mechanisms between tourism activities and the ecological environment, as well as in-depth discussions on sustainable development. Domestically, the assessment focused on the ecological security of the entire tourist city, and factors hindering tourism ecological security, sustainable development, and spatiotemporal patterns are emphasized. Future studies on domestic tourism ecological security should focus on broadening research perspectives, innovating research indicators and methods, and strengthening international cooperation and exchanges to achieve harmonious coexistence between the tourism industry and the ecological environment.

Key words: tourism ecological security, knowledge map, research overview, number of publications, research hotspot