Based on the literature of foreign industrial heritage tourism included in the Web of Science, 499 related articles are reviewed, and the research trend, research focus and research methods are summarized for the abandoned mining area industrial heritage tourism., We argue that overseas research on industrial heritage tourism is application-oriented with increasing research interest, and that so far the amount of research is limited but the potential for future research growth is huge. China's future research should focus on improving theory of industrial heritage tourism system, strengthening the research on tourists spending behaviors and in-depth research of community management, promoting the establishment of development potential evaluation framework, and so on.

abandoned mining area  /  industrial heritage tourism  /  tourism development