How to use Mixed Methods in Tourism Research
Published on 20. December 2024
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-1-0353-1408-9 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on examples of sequential and concurrent mixed method studies, this innovative book demonstrates how to use mixed methods approaches in tourism research successfully. Peter Mason, Marcjanna Augustyn and Arthur Seakhoa-King bring together insights from expert authors to demonstrate how to conduct mixed methods research and to outline best practice for teaching mixed methods to tourism students.
This How to guide examines how quantitative and qualitative research can be combined, evaluating the various mixed method research designs that have recently come to prominence in tourism studies. Using case study examples, chapters cover research on tourism destination quality, heritage attractions, festivals and events, food tourism and hospitality, alongside the use of participatory geographical information systems. They also explore how to teach mixed methods research to tourism students, emphasising that mixed methods research is an expanding and increasingly important approach to tourism research.
How to use Mixed Methods in Tourism Research is an invaluable resource for students and academics in tourism and hospitality, as well as those specialising in research methods within the field. Practitioners within the tourism industry will also find this a useful reference.
This How to guide examines how quantitative and qualitative research can be combined, evaluating the various mixed method research designs that have recently come to prominence in tourism studies. Using case study examples, chapters cover research on tourism destination quality, heritage attractions, festivals and events, food tourism and hospitality, alongside the use of participatory geographical information systems. They also explore how to teach mixed methods research to tourism students, emphasising that mixed methods research is an expanding and increasingly important approach to tourism research.
How to use Mixed Methods in Tourism Research is an invaluable resource for students and academics in tourism and hospitality, as well as those specialising in research methods within the field. Practitioners within the tourism industry will also find this a useful reference.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0353-1408-9 (9781035314089)
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Persons
Edited by Peter Mason, Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries, London Metropolitan University and Visiting Professor of Tourism, Bournemouth University, Marcjanna Augustyn, Professor of Management, Head of Centre for Sustainable Business Transformations, Bournemouth University, UK and Arthur Seakhoa-King, Director of Academic Affairs, Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Content
Contents
PART I INTRODUCTION
1 The nature of mixed methods and tourism 2
Peter Mason, Marcjanna Augustyn and Arthur Seakhoa-King
PART II DESIGNING MIXED METHODS IN TOURISM RESEARCH
2 Typologies of mixed methods research designs in tourism and
hospitality 17
Sarasadat Makian and Mohammad Nematpour
PART III SEQUENTIAL MIXED METHODS IN TOURISM
RESEARCH: CASE STUDIES
3 Preparing to conduct exploratory mixed methods research in
tourism 32
Peter Mason, Marcjanna Augustyn and Arthur Seakhoa-King
4 Phases of systematic sequential mixed methods: the tourism
destination quality study 56
Peter Mason, Marcjanna Augustyn and Arthur Seakhoa-King
5 Visitor research at Stonehenge: a case study of sequential
exploratory mixed methods research 72
Peter Mason
PART IV CONCURRENT MIXED METHODS IN TOURISM
RESEARCH: CASE STUDIES
6 A mixed methods public participation GIS (PPGIS) in
tourism; a concurrent triangulation approach 84
Beatrice Waleghwa
7 A longitudinal study of the experience of gastro-tourists'
experiences of authenticity 105
Helen Williams and Robert Williams
8 A case study of concurrent research: the Sidmouth
International Festival 137
Peter Mason
PART V TEACHING MIXED METHODS IN TOURISM RESEARCH
9 The teaching process of mixed methods in tourism research: a
case study of the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico 146
Manuel Ramon Gonzalez-Herrera
PART VI CONCLUSIONS
10 Conclusions: mixed methods research in tourism 175
Peter Mason, Marcjanna Augustyn and Arthur Seakhoa-King
PART I INTRODUCTION
1 The nature of mixed methods and tourism 2
Peter Mason, Marcjanna Augustyn and Arthur Seakhoa-King
PART II DESIGNING MIXED METHODS IN TOURISM RESEARCH
2 Typologies of mixed methods research designs in tourism and
hospitality 17
Sarasadat Makian and Mohammad Nematpour
PART III SEQUENTIAL MIXED METHODS IN TOURISM
RESEARCH: CASE STUDIES
3 Preparing to conduct exploratory mixed methods research in
tourism 32
Peter Mason, Marcjanna Augustyn and Arthur Seakhoa-King
4 Phases of systematic sequential mixed methods: the tourism
destination quality study 56
Peter Mason, Marcjanna Augustyn and Arthur Seakhoa-King
5 Visitor research at Stonehenge: a case study of sequential
exploratory mixed methods research 72
Peter Mason
PART IV CONCURRENT MIXED METHODS IN TOURISM
RESEARCH: CASE STUDIES
6 A mixed methods public participation GIS (PPGIS) in
tourism; a concurrent triangulation approach 84
Beatrice Waleghwa
7 A longitudinal study of the experience of gastro-tourists'
experiences of authenticity 105
Helen Williams and Robert Williams
8 A case study of concurrent research: the Sidmouth
International Festival 137
Peter Mason
PART V TEACHING MIXED METHODS IN TOURISM RESEARCH
9 The teaching process of mixed methods in tourism research: a
case study of the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico 146
Manuel Ramon Gonzalez-Herrera
PART VI CONCLUSIONS
10 Conclusions: mixed methods research in tourism 175
Peter Mason, Marcjanna Augustyn and Arthur Seakhoa-King