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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828217903321

Titolo

Tourism research methods : integrating theory with practice / / Brent W. Ritchie, Peter Burns, Catherine Palmer (eds.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2004

ISBN

1-280-73577-5

9786610735778

1-84593-096-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BurnsPeter (Peter M.)

PalmerCatherine (Catherine A.)

RitchieBrent W

Disciplina

910/.72

Soggetti

Tourism - Research

Tourism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Reflections on the Practice of Research; 2 Ethics in Tourism Research: Objectivities and Personal Perspectives; 3 Feminist and Gender Perspectives in Leisure and Tourism Research; 4 The Case Study in Tourism Research: a Multi-method Case Study Approach; 5 Using Visual Evidence: the Case of Cannibal Tours; 6 Action Ethnography: Using Participant Observation; 7 Tourism Research Practices and Tourist Geographies; 8 Revisiting Delphi: the Delphi Technique in Tourism Research; 9 Interviewing: a Focus on Qualitative Techniques

10 Applying the Mystery Shopping Technique: the Case of Lunn Poly11 Longitudinal Research Methods; 12 Framing Analysis: Examining Mass Mediated Tourism Narratives; 13 GIS Techniques in Tourism and Recreation Planning: Application to Wildlife Tourism; 14 A Qualitative Approach to the Ethical Consumer: the Use of Focus Groups for Cognitive Consumer Research in Tourism; 15 Content Analysis; 16 Using Cluster Analysis to Segment a Sample of Australian Ecotourists; 17 The Future of Tourism Research; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V



Sommario/riassunto

There is a heightened attention concerning the nature of the tourism industry and a need for research concerning the economic, social and environmental impacts of tourism. Existing research methods texts are often based on either the business approach or the social science approach to tourism, and often do not provide real world examples of how to plan, implement or analyze tourism related research.