Fieldwork in Tourism: Methods, Issues and Reflections (Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility) - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

This is the first book to focus on this significant component of Tourism research. Given the inherent mobile nature of tourists as well as short period of interaction with tourists and visitors this creates specific challenges in the field for the Tourism researcher between self and other, relationships between researcher and informant, ethical challenges and various types of field research that can be conducted. This book provides hands on approaches to conducting fieldwork in a range of settings and in doing so explores these tourism specific fieldwork methodological considerations and offers strategies to mitigate these. The book incorporates a rich and diverse set of fieldwork experiences from leading international scholars which offers insight into the realities of field research process, how students and researchers can attempt to tackle challenging out in the field issues and methodologies that may be employed, as well as tips on writing up results.

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.