Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 48: 55-64, doi: 10.3897/jbgs.e102519
The impact of COVID-19 on the accommodation sector in tourism - a bibliometric analysis
expand article infoMariela Nekova
‡ “St. Cyril and St. Methodius” University of Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Open Access
Abstract
The significance of review articles has been proved. This type of articles is especially necessary now, when immediate actions to save an important economic sector must be taken. The present research aims to determine the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on one of the most important elements of tourism – the accommodation facilities, through bibliometric analysis. In order to achieve this goal, the VOSviewer software was used, and data from one of the world’s largest databases of scientific production – the Web of Science, was collected. The bibliographic coupling approach was used in the bibliometric analysis. The bibliometric analysis was followed by content analysis of the most cited studies from each cluster. The effects of COVID-19 on the accommodation facilities are summarized and classified by groups.
Keywords
pandemic, hospitality industry, peer-to-peer accommodation, tourist, impact, hotel