Tourism research methods : integrating theory with practice /

This book (i) moves beyond the business/social phenomenon divide of tourism research; (ii) provides a discussion of theory but integrates this theory with specific tourism examples and case studies to assist student learning and application of approaches and techniques; (iii) outlines alternative re...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Ritchie, Brent W., Burns, Peter (Peter M.), Palmer, Catherine (Catherine A.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., ©2005.
Series:CAB books.
Subjects:
Tourism > Research.
Tourism.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Budget.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
TRAVEL > Reference.
TRAVEL > Road Travel.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Adventure.
Methodology.
Techniques.
Tourism research.
Tourism theory.
Tourism
Tourism > Research
toerisme
tourism
toeristisch onderzoek
tourism research
methodologie
methodology
technieken
techniques
delphimethode
delphi method
theorie
theory
toeristische wetenschap
tourism theory
oefening
practice
ethiek
ethics
geslacht (gender)
gender
feminisme
feminism
Toerisme
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: reflections on the practice of research
  • Ethics in tourism research: objectivities and personal perspectives
  • Feminist and gender perspectives in leisure and tourism research
  • The case study in tourism research: a multi-method case study approach
  • Using visual evidence: the case of Cannibal tours
  • Action ethnography: using participant observation
  • Tourism research practices and tourist geographies
  • Revisiting Delphi: the Delphi technique in tourism research
  • Interviewing: a focus on qualitative techniques
  • Applying the mystery shopping technique: the case of Lunn Poly
  • Longitudinal research methods
  • Framing analysis: examining mass mediated tourism narratives
  • GIS techniques in tourism and recreation planning: application to wildlife tourism
  • A qualitative approach to the ethical consumer: the use of focus groups for cognitive consumer research in tourism
  • Content analysis
  • Using cluster analysis to segment a sample of Australian ecotourists
  • The future of tourism research.

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