The relationship between cultural tourism and transportation: A global perspective

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Cultural tourism , global environment , transportation

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The importance of tourism and cultural values for countries, regions, or areas is increasing day by day. Cultural tourism includes many activities with a wide scope. Transportation, on the other hand, is a factor that directs tourists' choices in terms of tourism, providing access to the areas they have visited or will visit. The research aims to reveal the factors affecting the relationship between cultural tourism and transportation. For this purpose, the focus is on cultural tourism and transportation research in the WoS database. The bibliometric analysis method was used in the application. Important inferences were obtained by evaluating 433 studies in the literature. As a result of the analysis, authors who have conducted intensive research on the subject, publication production amounts, efficiencies, organizations, citations, highlighted keywords, changes over time, trends, co-occurrence networks, thematic maps, and thematic developments are included. In their research, the authors frequently emphasized the words tourism, sustainable tourism, development, transportation, China, cultural tourism, rural tourism, sustainable development, accessibility, and sustainable. The results reveal that sustainability and accessibility are effective factors in cultural tourism and transportation. The study shows that in the network of relationships, tourism, heritage, accessibility, transport, cultural tourism, management, and cultural heritage have strong connections. The findings indicate that in the relationship between cultural tourism and transportation, accessibility, management mechanisms, and cultural heritage values are highly influential. Regarding centrality and density, rural tourism, tourism development, sustainable and ecological tourism, Mexico, rural development, colonialism, competitiveness, Istanbul, and renewable energy demonstrate strong relationships. These results show that rural development, competitiveness, and colonialism play a significant role in the relationship between cultural tourism and transportation. Regarding Türkiye, Istanbul's central and dense network of relationships has been influenced by its accessible location and tourism potential. The results provide a unique and different perspective on the literature.

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Durmuş, İbrahim. (2026). The relationship between cultural tourism and transportation: A global perspective. Environmental Research and Technology, 9(2), 235–249. https://doi.org/10.35208/ert.1580734

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