Qualitative research in tourism is often blamed for missing the tenets of 'good'science. There
are two major reasons for this. On one hand, positivism is still the prevailing paradigm in …

Triangulation is starting to emerge in tourism research as the 'new'method. However, there
are many misconceptions of what triangulation is and what it can do. This paper discusses …

In tourism research, sociologists and anthropologists have been turning to qualitative
approaches for a long time. This is not the case for researchers working in other disciplines …

The term 'qualitative research'is something of an enigma. For some time, the issue of what
exactly qualitative research is has been at the centre of a great deal of debate within social …

This exploratory article attempts to highlight some areas of tourism research which are
believed to lack sufficient methodological sophistication. The origin of such research is …

The term 'qualitative research'is something of an enigma. For some time, the issue of what
exactly qualitative research is has been at the centre of a great deal of debate within social …

Previous reviews of tourism research methods have concentrated on studies underpinned
by positivist science or assessments of quantitative methods and analyses. Conspicuous by …

'This is an excellent book which significantly contributes to tourism research and education.
It takes a rigorous yet readable style to address twenty five of the most pertinent quantitative …

Qualitative research refers to research applying a range of qualitative methods in order to
inductively explore, interpret, and understand a given field or object under study. Qualitative …

Exploratory studies in the social sciences are being increasingly advocated, particularly in
relation to new research themes or when addressing an existing issue from a new …