This work presents a bibliographic review on sustainability indicators for tourist destinations, using the Scopus database to identify pertinent papers. A comprehensive statistical analysis is carried out using the Scopus online analysis tool and the VOSviewer software. The analysis includes 321 scientific papers published from 2001 to 2024. A citation analysis reveals the temporal evolution of publications and subject areas studied over this period, identifying distinct time periods and a noteworthy surge in relevant publications in recent years. Additionally, co-citation analysis unveil the organizational structure of the scientific field, highlighting networks and groupings that constitute the knowledge base in tourism sustainability. Moreover, a co-occurrence term analysis determines the conceptual structure and anticipates future cognitive trends in this discipline.