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Global Health Economics and
Sustainability
Analyzing MHTW tourism for sustainable development

extant research on MHTW tourism in the context of can collaborate to promote the sustainable development of
sustainable development. In so doing, it constructed a MHTW tourism.
more comprehensive knowledge map. The study findings
revealed a significant growth trend in research on MHTW Acknowledgments
tourism in sustainable development since 2014. Future None.
research endeavors should emphasize international
collaborations, promote knowledge sharing and resource Funding
integration, and explore the application of emerging None.
technologies in MHTW tourism.
However, this study was limited by its analysis of only Conflict of interest
literature published in English. Future research projects The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
could expand the scope to include literature in other
languages, yielding more diverse and comprehensive Author contributions
research results. Prospective studies could also emphasize Conceptualization: All authors
comparative examinations of the roles and contributions
of discrete tourism forms on sustainable development Formal analysis: All authors
to further reveal their advantages and disadvantages. Investigation: Songyu Jiang
In addition, the relationships between sustainable
development and digital transformation in the tourism Methodology: Shu Li
industry could be explored in studies investigating the Writing–original draft: All authors
application prospects of emerging technologies (such Writing–review & editing: All authors
as big data, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality) in
promoting sustainable tourism development. Moreover, Ethics approval and consent to participate
in-depth research could be conducted on how tourism
enterprises achieve sustainable development goals, Not applicable.
including but not limited to corporate social responsibility, Consent for publication
green supply chain management, and low-carbon tourism.
Studies conducted from the perspective of international Not applicable.
cooperation could explore best practices and experiences
in promoting sustainable tourism development in different Availability of data
countries and regions to facilitate cross-country knowledge Data are available from the corresponding author upon
sharing and resource integration. Finally, researchers reasonable request.
should attend to the impact of sustainable tourism on
local communities and cultures and probe ways to achieve References
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