Critical Tourism Studies In Business Journals

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

Tourism Management Perspectives

Publication Date

2-9-2026

Abstract

Business is commonly understood as a parent discipline of tourism research, making business journals essential for epistemological inquiry. This paper reviews tourism literature in business journals, analysing the presence of Critical Tourism Studies, which addresses limitations of management-oriented approaches. Our analysis reveals limited engagement with Critical Tourism Studies in business journals, only 27% of reviewed articles aligning with its tenets. We propose a framework for Critical Tourism Business Studies that identifies knowledge gaps and highlights future directions for scholars publishing tourism-related topics in business journals. This framework aims to bridge disciplinary gaps and enhance interdisciplinary research. The article contributes to literature by providing disciplinary knowledge traversing boundaries between parent/child disciplines, fostering a more holistic understanding of tourism within business contexts.

ISSN

2211-9736

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Volume

61

Disciplines

Tourism and Travel

Keywords

Critical tourism studies, Tourism epistemologies, Interdisciplinarity, Managerialism, Tourism maturity

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Indexed in Scopus

no

Open Access

yes

Open Access Type

Hybrid: This publication is openly available in a subscription-based journal/series

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