Tourism Research.
2023, 15(3):
84-98.
QCA method is a research method that combines the advantages of qualitative and
quantitative methods to be able to analyze multiple causal relationships in tourism issues. This paper
makes a systematic analysis and comparison of the literature on tourism research using the QCA method
at home and abroad. The results show that the research stage can be divided into three stages: the
introduction period of QCA tourism research ( 2011-2014) , the exploration period of QCA tourism
research ( 2015-2019) and the rapid development period of QCA tourism research ( 2020- ) . From the
theoretical basis, complexity theory is often used to explain the use of the QCA method; from the
variables of the research results, the themes are mainly distributed in five aspects: tourism enterprise
management, tourism consumer-related, tourism macro development, tourism education and tourism
community. From the perspective of the research paradigm, it is mainly divided into two categories:
direct application and combined application with the model construction method. Finally, based on the
research results, the shortcomings of current research are refined, and the advice for expanding
research topics, standardizing research paradigms, trying sequential QCA, and strengthening joint
application with other methods are proposed.