Revisión Sistemática de la Literatura (RSL) sobre la relación entre turismo y música popular

Abstract

This study focused on analyzing the relationship between popular music and tourism through a systematic review of the literature. The objective was to analyze the role of music as an influential factor in tourism activity. This study used an analysis based on PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis) method to perform a systematic literature review (RSL) based on Scopus databases. As results, a theoretical reflection on the study was obtained, as well as a bibliometric analysis of documents from 2003 to 2024 and trends in the relationship between popular music and tourism were also identified as a line of research. It was concluded that the relationship between these two elements is weak because these studies hardly gained importance in the early 2000s. In addition, importance is given to music as a tourist attraction and destination, suggesting that popular music is considered an element of the tourist offer but not as an element of identity. Indeed, there are no current issues on this type of studies, so it would be pertinent for tourism-related academia to consider this gap. Finally, this study poses a new question: Does music give greater value to tourism or does tourism give greater value to popular music?