Dogru Dastan, Humeyra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3595-1274 (2020) A methodological review of perceived crowding research in recreation and tourism. In: West Federation Chrie Conference Proceedings. West Federation Chrie - The Collins College of Hospitality Management, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, p. 25.

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Abstract

Introduction
The tremendous increase in the world population and boost in tourism activities triggered by the technological advancements resulted in the conceptual rise of over tourism in recent years. Although perceived crowding has been central topic in tourism research for more than 30 years, the number of review studies on previous crowding literature is considerably limited. As a response to this gap, the purpose of this study is to conduct a chronological review of crowding studies and demonstrate future research areas by shedding light on the methodological gaps in the pertinent literature.
Methods
This review study covers all articles published in English in the recreation and tourism literature cited in Scopus database since early 80s. As a result, 115 empirical articles were identified in 48 academic journals cited in various electronic databases. A content analysis was performed in order to classify the authorship information and methodological approaches adopted by the articles in three time periods with a coding frame adopted from Aykol (2018).
Results/Discussion/Implication
The top five publication platforms for these empirical articles were Environmental Management (12.6%), Leisure Sciences (12.6%), Journal of Leisure Research (7.6%), Tourism Economics (5%), Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism (4.2%). The majority of the articles were two-authored or three-authored, however, single-authored and four or more authored articles increased over time. The articles were dominantly published by the authors from one or two different academic institutions. A substantial majority of the studies (77.4%) were written by authors located in the same country while trends show a light increase in multicountry studies. Furthermore, the current literature was dominated by the authors from North America (46.6%) despite a sharp increase in the number of authors from Asia in last decade. In respect of research methodology, the majority of the articles (89.6) are cross-sectional and utilized survey method as communication mode while a remarkable amount of articles (98.3%) concentrated on single country setting. Regarding the geographical region, North America (39.3%) and Asia (20.5%) constitute the most widely investigated regions by the scholars. While the studies conducted in backcountry settings (62.6%) dominated the literature, the overwhelming studies investigated the sample engaging in activities such as park visiting (17.4%), urban tours (13.9%), hiking (13%), diving/snorkelling (7.8%) and camping (7%). In respect to methodology, the vast majority of the articles (80%) adopted quantitative approach while the utilization of qualitative and mixed studies increased among scholars over time.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Title of Proceedings:	West Federation Chrie Conference Proceedings
Uncontrolled Keywords:	crowding, literature review, tourism, recreation
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Greenwich Business School Greenwich Business School > School of Management and Marketing
Related URLs:	Organisation
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2025 11:04
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/49778

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