ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATION OF PUBLIC POLICIES IN THE TOURISM SECTOR. THE CASE OF ECUADOR

A documentary review was carried out on the production and publication of research papers related to the study of the variables Public Policies and Tourism Sector. The purpose of the bibliometric analysis proposed in this document was to know the main characteristics of the volume of publications registered in the Scopus database during the period 2017-2021, achieving the identification of 64 publications in total at the Latin American level. The information provided by this platform was organized through graphs and figures categorizing the information by the Year of Publication, Country of Origin, Area of Knowledge and Type of Publication. Once these characteristics have been described, the position of different authors on the proposed theme is referenced through a qualitative analysis. Among the main findings made through this research, it is found that Brazil, with 21 publications, was the country with the highest scientific production registered on behalf of authors affiliated with institutions in that country. The Area of Knowledge that made the greatest contribution to the construction of bibliographic material related to the study of Public Policies in the Tourism Sector was Social Sciences with 36 published documents, and the Type of Publication that was most used during the period indicated above was the Journal Article that represents 84% of the total scientific production.