Аннотация:The oft-cited concept sustainable development and its application on the field of tourism have raised the question as to the tendencies and contributions of the Hispano-American academic world on the subject.In order to establish the input and trends in the research on sustainable development and tourism, some scientific reviews considered by Redalyc and Eumed were consulted.Research was based on key words such as sustainable development, sustainability and tourism.From these criteria, a total of 128 documents were selected and reviewed considering the categories weak and strong and its trends.Estudios y Perspectivas del Turismo (Studies and Tourism Perspectives) was the review with more information on the topic; moreover, the debate on these subjects began in Hispanic America in 1991, when the dominant criterion was a weak one.
