Tourism in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has recently been considered by policymakers as a new avenue for economic diversification. Despite the considerable literature concerning the impact of tourism worldwide, only a limited number of studies have looked at the tourism sector in the GCC region or analyzed its economic, sociocultural, and environmental impacts. This article therefore conducts a systematic review of the state of the literature related to tourism in the GCC region. It provides effective insights about the current status, gaps, and challenges and proposes future research directions in this area for academics, practitioners, and policymakers with an interest in regional tourism development. The preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses approach was used to identify and select the papers. Some 23 papers were identified and analyzed. The majority of these studies focused on the United Arab Emirates, specifically the Dubai emirate. We found the most dominant research theme to be tourism planning.

决策者最近将海湾合作委员会（GCC）国家的旅游业视为经济多元化的新途径。尽管有大量关于全球旅游业影响的文献，但仅有少数研究研究了海湾合作委员会地区的旅游业或分析了其经济，社会文化和环境影响。因此，本文对GCC地区与旅游相关的文献状况进行了系统的回顾。它提供了有关当前状况，差距和挑战的有效见解，并为对地区旅游业发展感兴趣的学者，从业人员和政策制定者提出了该领域的未来研究方向。系统评价和荟萃分析方法的首选报告项目用于识别和选择论文。鉴定和分析了23篇论文。这些研究大多数集中在阿拉伯联合酋长国，特别是迪拜酋长国。我们发现最主要的研究主题是旅游规划。