Critical Tourism Theory and Methods
CONTENTS
Introduction
Evaluation of Tourism Research
Tourism Research Overview
1. Critical Tourism Theory
* The Concept of Critical Tourism Theory * Critical Tourism Theory and Data base
2. Qualitative Research
* Data Collection Techniques in Qualitative Research
* Interview * Observation * Focus Groups * Customer feedback card
* Data Analysis in Qualitative Research Limitation
3. Quantitative Research
* Data Collection Techniques in Quantitative Research
* Survey * Questioners * Structured Interview
* Data Analysis Techniques in Quantitative Research
Conclusion
Reference
AN EVALUATION OF CRITICAL THEORY, QUALITATIVE
AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
IN TOURISM STUDIES
INTRODUCTION:
Tourism and hospitality turned out to be one of the very important industry all over the world. Even the governments also started to concentrate on this field as it became one of the major revenue source. The ministries of tourism development made lots of recreational work to attract tourist all over the world. For this work the research is very important to gather knowledge about what attracts the tourists, what need to be done for attract more tourists and it is important to get the statistics to keep tab on the growth rate to identify the impact of the improvement measures made.
There is lots of interaction between the people’s from different countries, communities, religions, regions, language, races. These interactions greatly boost up the tourism and hospitality around the world. Various new techniques and research methodologies are needed to identify and fulfill the requirements of the tourist and find out the customer satisfaction and make innovative steps to attract more number of them and to get a clear picture about the issues which affects tourism, and get proper solution for that.
The research is more important for this industry
Introduction
Evaluation of Tourism Research
Tourism Research Overview
1. Critical Tourism Theory
* The Concept of Critical Tourism Theory * Critical Tourism Theory and Data base
2. Qualitative Research
* Data Collection Techniques in Qualitative Research
* Interview * Observation * Focus Groups * Customer feedback card
* Data Analysis in Qualitative Research Limitation
3. Quantitative Research
* Data Collection Techniques in Quantitative Research
* Survey * Questioners * Structured Interview
* Data Analysis Techniques in Quantitative Research
Conclusion
Reference
AN EVALUATION OF CRITICAL THEORY, QUALITATIVE
AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
IN TOURISM STUDIES
INTRODUCTION:
Tourism and hospitality turned out to be one of the very important industry all over the world. Even the governments also started to concentrate on this field as it became one of the major revenue source. The ministries of tourism development made lots of recreational work to attract tourist all over the world. For this work the research is very important to gather knowledge about what attracts the tourists, what need to be done for attract more tourists and it is important to get the statistics to keep tab on the growth rate to identify the impact of the improvement measures made.
There is lots of interaction between the people’s from different countries, communities, religions, regions, language, races. These interactions greatly boost up the tourism and hospitality around the world. Various new techniques and research methodologies are needed to identify and fulfill the requirements of the tourist and find out the customer satisfaction and make innovative steps to attract more number of them and to get a clear picture about the issues which affects tourism, and get proper solution for that.
The research is more important for this industry
References: 10. Tourism Studies and Social Sciences by Andrew holden, Published by Roultledge.(2005)