Approaches to sustainable tourism development associated with community empowerment. Systematic literature review

Palabras clave: Economic development, sustainable development, bottom-up approach, top-down approach, community development

Resumen

The research provides a comprehensive analysis of the most widely used approaches to sustainable tourism development associated with community empowerment. The study combined a bibliometric analysis and a systematic literature review of articles indexed in the Scopus database. Predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied, identifying 61 articles published between 2018 and 2025, of which 54 were deemed relevant to the objectives of the study. The bibliometric analysis was conducted using the Bibliometrix – Biblioshiny tool, enabling the statistical processing of metadata and facilitating the interpretation of patterns and trends in the scientific literature. The main result is that the predominant approaches to sustainable tourism development associated with community empowerment are the top-down approach, which implies greater intervention by the State or actors outside the community; and the bottom-up approach, which encourages community participation in the management of their resources and assets. It is concluded that the bottom-up approach is considered more conducive to achieving community empowerment, as it allows local communities to actively participate in decision making, ensuring that their needs and aspirations are considered in the development process.

Biografía del autor/a

Leisa Hernández Valdés

D. candidate in Accounting and Business Sciences, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Master in Accounting, University of La Habana. Certified by ICAEW in IFRS. E-mail: leisa.hernandez@unmsm.edu.pe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2353-8327

Vladimir Rodríguez Cairo

D. in Law and Political Science from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM). Research Professor at UNMSM. E-mail: vrodriguezc@unmsm.edu.pe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9971-0405

Silvia Iglesias Leon

Master of Science from Oxford Brookes University. D. in Philosophy from Atlantic International University. Adviser to the General Office of Interinstitutional Cooperation (OGCRI). E-mail: siglesiasl@unmsm.edu.pe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4616-8178

Adriana Isabel Gutiérrez Oblitas

Graduate of the master’s degree in learning disabilities from the National University of Education Enrique Guzmán y Valle. E-mail: 21211080@une.edu.pe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0213-5136

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2025-09-30
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Hernández Valdés, L., Rodríguez Cairo, V., Iglesias Leon, S., & Gutiérrez Oblitas, A. I. (2025). Approaches to sustainable tourism development associated with community empowerment. Systematic literature review. Revista Venezolana De Gerencia, 30(112), 1979-1998. https://doi.org/10.52080/rvgluz.30.112.19
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