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Tourism Management in National Parks: Development, Aspects, and Conceptual Framework

by
Dehui Christina Geng
1,
Howard W. Harshaw
2,
Christopher Gaston
3,
Wanli Wu
1 and
Guangyu Wang
1,*
1
National Park Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
2
Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2J9, Canada
3
Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Forests 2025, 16(6), 970; https://doi.org/10.3390/f16060970 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 16 April 2025 / Revised: 27 May 2025 / Accepted: 6 June 2025 / Published: 8 June 2025
(This article belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)
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Abstract

Outdoor recreation in national parks has significantly driven the growth of tourism globally. Research on tourism management in national parks has grown due to increasing scholarly interest in the field. This paper presents a bibliometric review of the development, aspects, and applications of national park tourism management. Data were collected from the Web of Science core collection database, and a total of 3438 research articles from 1980 to 2022 were selected and analyzed using VOSViewer (Version 1.6.19). We here analyze and visualize the co-occurrence of research keywords with temporal overlay and cluster analysis. We also present a content analysis and conceptual and management frameworks by examining multiple aspects of tourism management to offer detail aspect-based management implications. These can assist various park stakeholders, scholars, and associated collaborative efforts with the issue of how to best manage national park tourism in the context of an uncertain future and increasing conflicts of interests.
Keywords: tourism management; national park; bibliometric review; content analysis; management implications; conceptual framework tourism management; national park; bibliometric review; content analysis; management implications; conceptual framework

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Geng, D.C.; Harshaw, H.W.; Gaston, C.; Wu, W.; Wang, G. Tourism Management in National Parks: Development, Aspects, and Conceptual Framework. Forests 2025, 16, 970. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16060970

AMA Style

Geng DC, Harshaw HW, Gaston C, Wu W, Wang G. Tourism Management in National Parks: Development, Aspects, and Conceptual Framework. Forests. 2025; 16(6):970. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16060970

Chicago/Turabian Style

Geng, Dehui Christina, Howard W. Harshaw, Christopher Gaston, Wanli Wu, and Guangyu Wang. 2025. "Tourism Management in National Parks: Development, Aspects, and Conceptual Framework" Forests 16, no. 6: 970. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16060970

APA Style

Geng, D. C., Harshaw, H. W., Gaston, C., Wu, W., & Wang, G. (2025). Tourism Management in National Parks: Development, Aspects, and Conceptual Framework. Forests, 16(6), 970. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16060970

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