Environmental Responsibility in The Hospitality Sector: A 2000 – 2024 Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

Hospitality industry should pay attention with their business through environmental responsibility, which attract researchers in several literatures. Based on the 1,476 articles about hospitality environmental responsibility from 2000 to 2024 in the WoS database, bibliometric and content analysis by using VOSviewer were conducted to examine the research themes. By using co-occurrence analysis, there are four themes found in this study: (1) sustainable behaviour drivers, (2) hospitality performance, (3) green tourism development, and (4) tourism framework and impact. Then content analysis revealed the subthemes. Three subthemes for sustainable behaviour drivers are tourist psychology, environmental attitude and values, and education and awareness campaigns. Hospitality performance consists of four subthemes: financial performance, sustainable business model, green certifications, and employee training. Subthemes of green tourism development are sustainable daily operational, eco-tourism, and responsible tourism. Subthemes for fourth cluster are tourism impact, destination management, and policy planning. Finally, directions for future research on this field were revealed, providing spaces for beneficial references to researchers.