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Abstract In this study, it is aimed to examine the articles on package tours in the international literature. Web of science database was searched with the keyword package tour and 108 articles were selected according to various criteria. The articles were analyzed based on parameters such as publication year, journal name, number of authors, author names, institutions and countries that authors worked for, research design, keywords and citations. In addition to percentage and frequency analyses, VOSviewer program was used for collaboration between authors, citation relationships and keyword analysis. According to the findings, it was determined that the first article on package tours was published in 1994 and the most articles were published in 2019. The most articles on the subject were published in the journal named Tourism Management. Most of the articles were written with quantitative methods. The most articles were written by Sheng-Hshiung Tsaur. The most cited and collaborated author is Wang, Kuo-Ching. Keyword analysis revealed nine clusters and co-citation analysis revealed six clusters.

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