Tourism Research
Critiques and Challenges
Published on 26. November 1992
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-415-08319-5 (ISBN)
Description
As research in tourism expands at such a rapid rate, the development of concepts and methodologies which underpin the research has often suffered. In order to address the current questions and work through the key debates that challenge tourism researchers, certain criteria need to be laid out and a conceptual framework established to help research progress in rigorous and useful way. This collection offers an up-to-date analysis of research issues in tourism, testing conceptual and methodological issues from a variety of perspectives including sociology, psychology, management and planning. It questions native stereotypes, tourist motivation and policy on both local and global levels, assessing how far tourism is interdisciplinary and identifying patterns for future research and development.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-08319-5 (9780415083195)
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Content
1. Introduction, Douglas Pearce 2. Tourism as the Subject of Interdisciplinary Research, Krzysztof Przeclawski 3. Comparative Studies in Tourism Research, Douglas Pearce 4. The Study of Touristic Images of Native People: Mitigating the Stereotype of a Stereotype, Erik Cohen 5. Methodological and Conceptual Issues Raised by the Study of International Tourism: A Test for Sociology, Marie-Francoise Lanfant 6. Limitation in the Use of "Nationality" and "Country of Residence", Graham Dann 7. Fundamentals of Tourist Motivation, Philip Pearce 8. Pre- and Post-Impact Assessment of Tourism Development, Richard Butler 9. Planning for Tourism in Rural Areas: Bridging the Policy Implementation Gap, John Pigram 10. Global Assessment of Tourism Policy: A Process Model, Donald Hawkins 11. Tourism Research: Policy and Managerial Priorities for the 1990s and Beyond, Brent Ritchie.