<p>This study reviews the expansion of research from manufacturing and producer services to tourism through a theoretical review of evolutionary economic geography, with a focus on path creation theory. The development of evolutionary economic geography stems from the emergence of industrial agglomeration and regional innovation theory within economic geography as a field of study. In the early days of evolutionary economic geography, path dependence and lock-in were at the center of debates in manufacturing and producer services research. However, since the 2010s, the focus has shifted towards path creation. Path creation theory discusses concepts such as agency, legitimacy, critical junctures, and opportunity spaces as well as organized typologies of path change. The concept of evolutionary economic geography has recently been adopted in tourism research. Some themes such as co-evolution and path plasticity have been adopted from evolutionary economic geography and applied to tourism research. In the future, evolutionary economic geography will need to adopt a broader view of innovation, encompassing design and service innovations.</p>