Some Insights Concerning the Halal Tourism Research. A Bibliometric Analysis
Abstract
Halal tourism has become one of the topic issues that have a level of popularity among researchers in the scientific articles published in journals indexed in the Scopus database. This research study uses a bibliometric design analysis to map some insights related to the halal tourism by evaluating articles that have been published in journals indexed in Scopus database. Furthermore, data mining (knowledge discovery) techniques are used to analyze the titles and abstracts of 127 Scopus indexed journals that have been saved in the form of a CSV file. Finally, three analyzes are produced in this study: network visualization analysis, overlay visualization, and density visualization.
This study's results indicate a significantly increased of articles on halal tourism, especially in the Islamic marketing journals. Also, the main outputs obtained though this bibliometric research related to the halal tourism, reveal which is the most popular authors, which is the most cited articles, which is the country with most publications, which is the research domain most approached. In the same manner is underline which is less approached practices, i.e. , halal tourism from the perspective of Islamic law, etc.
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[2] Adinugraha, H. H., Sartika, M. and Kadarningsih, A. 2018. Halal Tourism Village: Concept and Implementation in Indonesia, Human Falah, 5(1): 28–48.
[3] Al-Ansi, A., Olya, H. G.T. and Han, H. 2019. Effect of General Risk on Trust, Satisfaction, and Recommendation Intention for Halal Food, International Journal of Hospitality Management, 83: 210–19. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2018.10.017
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[9] Battour, M., and Mohd, N.I. 2016. Halal Tourism: Concepts, Practises, Challenges and Future, Tourism Management Perspectives, 19: 150–54. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2015.12.008
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[12] Boğan, E., and Sarıışık, M. 2019. Halal Tourism: Conceptual and Practical Challenges, Journal of Islamic Marketing, 10(1): 87–96. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JIMA-06-2017-0066
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[15] Fatkurrohman, F. 2017. Developing Yogyakarta’s Halal Tourism Potential for Strengthening Islamic Economy in Indonesia, Afkaruna: Indonesian Interdisciplinary Journal of Islamic Studies, 13(1): 1-16. DOI:https://doi.org/10.18196/aiijis.2017.0065.1-16
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[17] Gilang Widagdyo, Kurniawan. 2015. Analysis of the Indonesian Halal Tourism Market. Journal of Tauhidinomics, 1(1): 73-80. DOI: https://garuda.kemdikbud.go.id/documents/detail/630999
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[19] Hyrul, M., Abu, K., Rozila, A., and Noor A. Z. 2017. Differences in Hotel Attributes: Islamic Hotel and Sharia Compliant Hotel in Malaysia. Journal of Global Business and Social Entrepreneurship, 1(2). Available at: https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/22103/
[20] Jaelani, A. 2017. Halal Tourism Industry in Indonesia: Potential and Prospects. SSRN Electronic Journal. International Review of Management and Marketing, 7(3). DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2899864
[21] Khan, F. and Callanan, M. 2017. The “Halalification” of tourism, Journal of Islamic Marketing, 8(4): 558-577. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JIMA-01-2016-0001
[22] Kodir, A., Karim, A. and Paksi, C. D. K. 2019. Current Issues of Halal Tourism. Case Study in Japan. International Conference on Social Knowledge Sciences and Education. 320 (ICSKSE 2018): 13–18. DOI:https://doi.org/10.2991/icskse-18.2019.2
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[24] Mohsin, A., Ramli, N. and Alkhulayfi, B. A. 2016. Halal Tourism: Emerging Opportunities, Tourism Management Perspectives, 19: 137–43. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2015.12.010
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[26] Nur’Hidayah Che Ahmat, Ahmad Hidayat Ahmad Ridzuan, Norrina. 2015. Syariah Compliant Hotel: The Concept and Practices. Journal of Tourism Management Hospitality & Culinary Arts, 5(2): 44–50.
[27] Nurjaya, V P., et al. 2021. Halal Tourism in Indonesia: Regional Regulation and Indonesian Ulama Council Perspective. International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 10: 497–505. Available at: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85101823170&partnerID=40&md5=2e53fb28238cb9f0f35daf45fdc4eb76
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[33] Razzaq, Serrin, C., Hall, M.C., and Prayag, G. 2016. The Capacity of New Zealand to Accommodate the Halal Tourism Market - Or Not. Tourism Management Perspectives, 18: 92–97. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j. tmp.2016.01.008
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[36] Santoso, H., and Argubi, A. H. 2019. Development of Sharia-Based Tourism (Halal Tourism) in Bima City. Sadar Wisat: Jurnal Pariwisata, 2(1): 40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32528/sw.v2i1.1824
[37] Sigid W., Arsyad, R. and Fathoni, M. 2019. Halal Food Industry in Southeast Asia’s Muslim Majority Countries: A Reference for Non-Muslim Countries. Intellectual Discourse, Special Issue, (2019). Available at: https://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/id/article/view/1455
[38] Subarkah, Alwafi Ridho. 2018. Potential and Prospects of Halal Tourism in Improving the Regional Economy (Case Study: West Nusa Tenggara). Jurnal Sospol, 4(2): 49-72.
[39] Takeshita, 2019. Halal Certification or Ingredient Disclosure: A Comparative Analysis of Serving Food in Japanese Tourist Destinations. Journal of Islamic Marketing, 11(3): 765–81. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1108/JIMA-07-2018-0129
[40] Tieman, M. 2011. The Application of Halal in Supply Chain Management: In-Depth Interviews. Journal of Islamic Marketing, 2(2): 186–95. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/17590831111139893
[41] Usman, H., Sobari, N. and Al Hasan, F.A. 2020. The Impact of Sharia Compliance on Sharia Hotel Services and Customers Satisfaction. Journal of Business Economics and Environmental Studies, 10(3): 5–12. DOI:https://doi.org/10.13106/jbees.2020.vol10.no3.5
[42] Wahidati, L., and Sarinastiti, E. N. 2018. The Development of Halal Tourism in Japan. Jurnal Gama Societa, 1(1): 9-19.
[43] Yasuda, S. 2017. Managing Halal Knowledge in Japan: Developing Knowledge Platforms for Halal Tourism in Japan. Asian Journal of Tourism Research, 2(2): 65–83. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12982/ajtr.2017.0010
[44] Yousaf, S., and Xiucheng, F. 2018. Halal Culinary and Tourism Marketing Strategies on Government Websites: A Preliminary Analysis. Tourism Management, 68: 423–43. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.04.006
[45] Yusof, M.F., and Mohd Zulkifli M. 2013. Introducing Shariah Compliant Hotels as a New Tourism Product: The Case of Malaysia. Entrepreneurship Vision 2020: Innovation, Development Sustainability, and Economic Growth - Proceedings of the 20th International Business Information Management Association Conference, (IBIMA), 1: 1142–46.
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2022-12-31
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MAS’UD, Riduan; SYAMSURRIJAL, M..
Some Insights Concerning the Halal Tourism Research. A Bibliometric Analysis.
Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism, [S.l.], v. 13, n. 8, p. 2161 - 2173, dec. 2022.
ISSN 2068-7729.
Available at: <https://journals.aserspublishing.eu/jemt/article/view/7494>. Date accessed: 12 july 2025.
doi: https://doi.org/10.14505/jemt.v13.8(64).08.
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