20.500.12556/RUP-23336 Investigating the ongoing discussions on ecotourists a two-stage sequential review Raziskovanje tekočih razprav o ekoturistih dvostopenjski zaporedni pregled Considering the unending debates and varied interpretations regarding ecotourists, a structured analysis of the existing literature is essential. This study employs a two stage sequential review process, integrating bibliometric analysis with a systematic literature review using qualitative content analysis. Data were extracted from the Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases, analysed quantitatively using RStudio’s bibliometrix package, and further reviewed qualitatively using the Theory, Context, and Methodology (TCM) framework. Findings indicate that the term ‘ecotourist’ gained prominence in academic discourse in the early 1990s, underscoring a conceptual gap in the initial ecotourism literature, which tended to focus on principles, impacts, and implementation of tourism rather than on the tourists engaging in it. Over time, research on ecotourists evolved from basic demographic profiling to in-depth investigations into psychographic and behavioural aspects. The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) emerged as the predominant theoretical framework among the most influential publications, with four major themes having dominated the most-cited academic works: (1) the nature of ecotourists and their existence within the ecotourism context, (2) the impacts of ecotourist activities, (3) ecotourist segmentation, and (4) the cognitive-normative profiles of ecotourists. This study contributes to the existing literature by tracing the evolution of ecotourist research, identifying key conceptual frameworks, and synthesising central themes. Addition ally, it offers researchers and practitioners a structured overview of ecotourist-related literature, providing direction for future research avenues and practical insights for marketing, policy, and management strategies in ecotourism. Ob nenehnih razpravah in raznolikih interpretacijah pojma ekoturist je strukturirana analiza obstoječe literature nujna. Naša raziskava uporablja dvostopenjski zaporedni pregled literature, ki združuje bibliometrično analizo in sistematični pregled literature s kvalitativno vsebinsko analizo. Podatki so bili pridobljeni iz podatkovnih baz Scopus in Web of Science (WoS), kvantitativno analizirani z uporabo paketa bibliometrix v okolju RStudio ter nadalje kvalitativno pregledani z uporabo okvira teorija – kontekst – metodologija (Theory, Context, and Methodology – TCM). Ugotovitve kažejo, da je izraz »ekoturist« pridobil večjo prepoznavnost v akademskem diskurzu v začetku 90. let prejšnjega stoletja, kar razkriva konceptualno vrzel v zgodnji literaturi o ekoturizmu, ki se je osredotočala predvsem na načela, učinke in izvajanje ekoturizma, manj pa na same turiste. Sčasoma so se raziskave ekoturistov razvile od osnovnega demografskega profiliranja k poglobljenim preučevanjem psihografskih in vedenjskih značilnosti. Teorija načrtovanega vedenja (Theory of Planned Behaviour – TPB) se je izkazala kot prevladujoči teoretični okvir v najvplivnejših publikacijah, pri čemer so v najbolj citiranih delih prevladovale štiri glavne tematske usmeritve: (1) narava ekoturistov in njihov obstoj v kontekstu ekoturizma, (2) vplivi dejavnosti ekoturistov, (3) segmentacija ekoturistov in (4) kognitivno-normativni profili ekoturistov. Raziskava prispeva k obstoječi literaturi z analizo razvoja raziskav o ekoturistih, identifikacijo ključnih konceptualnih okvirov ter s sintezo osrednjih tem. Poleg tega raziskovalcem in praktikom ponuja strukturiran pregled literature o ekoturistih ter usmeritve za prihodnje raziskovalne smeri in praktične vpoglede za trženje, oblikovanje politik ter upravljavske strategije v ekoturizmu. ecotourists ecotourism biliometics systematic literature review ekoturisti ekoturizem bibliometrija sistematični pregled literature true false false University of Primorska Press Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-07-21 08:05:17 2026-07-21 08:05:23 2026-07-22 03:07:42 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 Koper 2026 str. 3-21, 113 no. 1 Vol. 19 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 338.48-6:502/504 1855-3303 10.26493/2335-4194.19.3-21 281614339 ZUP_Aji_Khusnul_Bayu_2026.pdf ZUP_Aji_Khusnul_Bayu_2026.pdf 1 60158D4DCDCC5D1A9C05B89B2B2DC77F 841614f7c0d334939a3f3a3dc94a9399f6be4e402a173e4c4c8d28159e863d4a f758b943-84c9-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=34125 https://www.hippocampus.si/ISSN/2335-4194/19.3-21.pdf 0 795a03bd-84ca-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=34126 Založba Univerze na Primorskem 0 0 0