Tourism Research Methods Books

New and Published Books

1. Actor-Network Theory and Tourism

   Ordering, Materiality and Multiplicity

   Edited by René van der Duim, Carina Ren, Gunnar Thór Jóhannesson

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   The recent surfacing of actor-network theory (ANT) in tourism studies correlates to a rising interest in understanding tourism as emergent thorough relational practice connecting cultures, natures and technologies in multifarious ways. Despite the widespread application of ANT across the social...

   Published March 15th 2012 by Routledge
2. Handbook of Tourist Behavior

   Theory & Practice

   Edited by Metin Kozak, Alain Decrop

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   In today’s highly competitive and global economy, understanding tourist behavior is imperative to success. Tourist behavior has become a cornerstone of any marketing strategy and action. Choosing, buying and consuming tourism/travel products and services includes a range of psycho-social processes...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
3. Contemporary Perspectives on China Tourism

   Edited by Honggen Xiao

   Contemporary Perspectives on China Tourism is an innovative and engaging collection which presents unique approaches and critical insights into the policy, development and management practices of tourism and hospitality in modern China. This volume consists of nine independent research reports...

   Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
4. The Critical Turn in Tourism Studies

   Creating an Academy of Hope

   Edited by Irena Ateljevic, Nigel Morgan, Annette Pritchard

   Series: Advances in Tourism

   In today’s increasingly complex tourism environment, decision-making requires a rounded, well-informed view of the whole. Critical distance should be encouraged, consultation and intellectual rigour should be the norm amongst managers and there needs to be a radical shift in our approach to...

   Published August 17th 2011 by Routledge
5. An Introduction to Visual Research Methods in Tourism

   Edited by Tijana Rakić, Donna Chambers

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   An Introduction to Visual Research Methods in Tourism is the first book to present, discuss and promote the use of a range of visual methods in tourism studies. It introduces methods ranging from the collection of secondary visual materials for the purposes of analysis (such as postcards, tourism...

   Published July 26th 2011 by Routledge
6. Stats Means Business 2nd edition

   By John Buglear

   Stats Means Business is an introductory textbook written for Business, Hospitality and Tourism students who take modules on Statistics or Quantitative research methods. Recognizing that most users of this book will have limited if any grounding in the subject, this book minimizes technical...

   Published March 7th 2010 by Routledge
7. Tourist Mobility and Advanced Tracking Technologies

   By Noam Shoval, Michal Isaacson

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   The remarkable developments in tracking technologies over the past decade have opened up a wealth of possibilities in terms of research into tourist spatial behaviour. To date, most research in the field has been based on data derived from less objective – hence methodologically...

   Published August 16th 2009 by Routledge
8. Quantitative Tourism Industry Analysis

   By Tadayuki Hara

   Quantitative Tourism Industry Analysis is the first book to deal with the input-output, social accounting matrix in a way which readers from a non-economics or non-mathematical background can follow, in order to understand how useful their application would be for tourism industry analysis. It...

   Published June 11th 2008 by Routledge
9. Planning Research in Hospitality & Tourism

   By Levent Altinay, Alexandros Paraskevas

   Planning Research in Hospitality and Tourism provides a concise and clear approach to planning research projects which are a necessity in most hospitality and tourism courses taught at degree level. The text considers the particular characteristics of the hospitality and tourism industry, whilst...

   Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge
10. Developments in Tourism Research

    Edited by David Airey, John Tribe

    This book aims to be a showcase for cutting edge research offering a high-edited selection of the best paper submitted to the 2006 tourism conference at the University of Surrey, which itself is a celebration of 40 years of tourism education at the University. The emphasis of the book is on...

    Published September 9th 2007 by Routledge