The Geography of Climate–Tourism Knowledge Production Across National Vulnerability–Exposure Profiles

Climate–tourism research is often examined as a single, coherent body of knowledge. This study maps the geography of climate–tourism knowledge production and analyses whether its organisation varies according to the national contexts from which research is produced. To this end, the study adopts a contextual bibliometric approach and proposes a country classification based on vulnerability–exposure profiles, defined by the combination of climate vulnerability and tourism exposure. The 4585 articles indexed in Web of Science are linked to the countries of the authors' institutional affiliations, which allows knowledge organisation to be compared across four profiles through bibliographic coupling, co‐word analysis and journal outlet analysis. The results show that climate vulnerability is associated with two broad knowledge regimes: one centred on the sustainability and governance of tourism and the other oriented towards socio‐ecological vulnerability and adaptation. Tourism exposure modulates the scale at which climate‐related challenges are framed, ranging from destination management to broader socio‐ecological processes. Overall, the study shows that knowledge asymmetries are reflected not only in the volume of research output but also in how scientific knowledge is organised, consolidated and made visible.