TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ritchie,Brent W.
AU  - Burns,Peter
AU  - Palmer,Catherine
TI  - Tourism research methods: integrating theory with practice 
T2  - CAB books
SN  - 1280735775
AV  - G155.A1 T59246 2005
U1  - 910.72 23
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - Wallingford, UK, Cambridge, MA
PB  - CABI Pub.
KW  - Tourism
KW  - Research
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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 research approaches and techniques that may be adopted by tourism researchers from different disciplines and research positions; and (iv) includes contributions from both experienced and new researchers. The book has 17 chapters and a subject index
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0419/2004014901.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0639/2004014901-d.html
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