A Review of Research on Rural Homestays in China Based on CiteSpace
刊名 Journal of Landscape Research
作者 JIAO Yuchen, MA Xin
作者单位 North China University of Technology, Beijing 100144, China
DOI 10.16785/j.issn 1943-989x.2025.3.016
年份 2025
刊期 3
页码 81-88
关键词 Rural homestay, Knowledge graph, Review
摘要 With the continuous advancement of the national rural revitalization strategy, rural homestays, as one of the important carriers for realizing the rural revitalization strategy, have positive social, economic and cultural values in optimizing the rural economic structure, promoting the integration of culture and tourism industries, and inheriting regional culture. Based on the data of 1,062 papers from China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) during 2006-2023, the spatial and temporal distribution characteristics and evolution trends of studies on rural homestays were systematically analyzed by using CiteSpace tool to draw a knowledge graph as well as the methods of bibliometrics and policy text analysis. It is found that the research on rural homestays can be divided into four stages according to time, mainly focusing on theoretical exploration (2000-2010), poverty alleviation (2011-2015), deepening research in line with national strategies (2016-2020), and refined research around digital transformation (since 2021). Research shows that the research context of rural homestays is highly coupled with the national policy cycle. Based on the research context, an in-depth analysis was conducted to reveal the research characteristics of the existing papers. The deficiencies and omissions of the current research in the context of the great development of homestays were analyzed. It is proposed that under the guidance of policies, multi-dimensional perspectives, and users’ demands, qualitative and quantitative methods should be used to conduct in-depth research from multiple perspectives in the future, so as to provide theoretical and practical guidance for the upgrading of homestay construction and industrial optimization under the background of the rural revitalization strategy.