www.rbgdr.net Revista Brasileira de Gestão e Desenvolvimento Regional G&DR. V. 17, N. 1, P. 290-301, mai-ago/2021. Taubaté, SP, Brasil. ISSN: 1809-239X Received: 03/13/2021 Accepted: 04/05/2021 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CREATIVE TOURISM: A BIBLIOMETRIC SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE AVAILABLE IN TWO SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE DATABASES DESENVOLVIMENTO REGIONAL E TURISMO CRIATIVO: UM LEVANTAMENTO BIBLIOMÉTRICO DA LITERATURA DISPONÍVEL EM DUAS BASES DE DADOS DE LITERATURA CIENTÍFICA Carlos Alberto Máximo Pimenta 1 José Cadima Ribeiro 2 Paula Remoaldo 3 Abstract This paper seeks to analyse the relationship between regional development and creative tourism. Based on a bibliometric survey made through the use of the Google Scholar and Academia.edu databases, its main aim is to report the correlations found in the literature regarding the concepts of development and creative tourism. The literature review follows the guidelines of Tranfield, Denyer and Smart (2003), with regards to the adoption of a framework for data collection. The research strategy used was as follows: i) making an inventory of all available data and the nature of the identified documents; ii) to identify the authors' approach to the highlighted relationship; and iii) checking the conceptual links between regional development and creative tourism presented in the documents found. The obtained results suggest that there are papers investigating the afore mentioned relationship, however a necessary deeper study on the subject has not yet been done. Keywords: Regional Development; Creative Tourism; Relationship between Development and Tourism. Resumo Este artigo analisa a relação entre desenvolvimento regional e o turismo criativo. A partir de um levantamento bibliométrico realizado nas bases de dados Google Scholar e Academia.edu, tem como objetivo principal identificar as relações encontradas na literatura entre os conceitos de desenvolvimento e os de turismo criativo. A revisão da literatura segue as orientações de Tranfield, 1 Ph.D in Social Sciences from Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (USP). Professor at the Federal University of Itajubá, Itajubá – MG, Brazil. E-mail: carlospimenta@unifei.edu.br 2 Ph.D in Economics (University of Minho). Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. E-mail: jcadimaribeiro0@gmail.com 3 Ph.D in Human Geography from University of Minho. Professor at the Department of Geography of the Social Sciences Institute, University of Minho Braga, Portugal. E-mail: premoaldo@geografia.uminho.pt