Frameworks for tourism research /

• Main Author: Pearce, Douglas G., 1949- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012.
• Subjects: Tourism > Research.; Research.; Tourism and Travel.; Tourism.; Tourism research.; Tourism theory.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

This book systematically sets out the main types of frameworks that have been used in tourism research, examining their distinguishing features and how they are used, and illustrating these with specific examples. In this way, the book seeks to assist researchers to become more conscious of the rang...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Frameworks and Tourism Research
• Theoretical Frameworks
• Conceptual Frameworks
• Analytical Frameworks
• Integrative Frameworks
• Multi-purpose Matrices
• Process Frameworks
• Systems, Networks and Composite Frameworks
• Selecting and Developing Frameworks
• Frameworks and Future Directions in Tourism Research.