Sustainable development is a topic that is currently being addressed by many industries around the world, including tourism. As a result, the topic of sustainable tourism has garnered a great deal of attention from the government, stakeholders, and academics. The tourism industry is regarded as one sector with a role to play in promoting environmentally friendly and responsible development for future genera-tions. Practitioners, academics, and governments are working together to find solu-tions to put most countries' agreed-upon principles of sustainable development into action. The hotel, transportation, restaurant, and travel industries are among those that have made significant strides in implementing the values of sustainable tourism devel-opment. This phenomenon is supported by numerous studies conducted on a large scale by academics and practitioners. However, in a more complex and macro context, such as destination management, this issue continues to receive little attention. The complexity of the elements that comprise a tourist destination also contributes to this phenomenon. According to some researchers, there are at least six major elements that comprise tourist destinations, or what is known as the 6A'sCIT, which include attractions, accessibility, amenities, ancillary services, activities, available packages, community empowerment, incentives, or investments, and technology. As a result, the goal of this research is to systematically examine research references on sustainable tourism destinations from 2012 to 2022. Using Scopus data, this study will specifically examine trends in the development of sustainable tourism …