Contents
History of tourism research
Tourism as a discipline
The role of research in tourism
Industry sectors involved in tourism research
Specific roles of tourism research
Types of research
Inductive and deductive processes
Steps in the research process
The writing process
Theoretical paradigms underpinning tourism research
Terminology
Positivism
Interpretive Social Sciences
Critical Theory Orientation
Feminism
Postmodernism
Chaos Theory
Complexity Theory
Data sources for tourism research
Primary data
Primary data sources
Advantages of primary data
Disadvantages of primary data
Secondary data
Secondary data sources
Advantages of secondary data
Disadvantages of secondary data
Difference between primary & secondary data
Description
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