Course: Research Methods in Tourism Studies

Despite increased concerns about the negative economic impacts of tourism on host communities, insufficient attention has been paid to assess tourism economic sustainability. This paper aims to develop and validate …

Along with its open-door policy and economic reforms, wealth accumulation in China has experienced tremendous growth in a short time. Notably, a group of new rich has emerged in the …

Tourist-host social contact, as a unique type of social contact, is not getting sufficient attention in tourism academia considering its remarkable impacts on tourists’ travel attitudes, behaviors and long-term perceptions. …

As destinations absorb even increasing number of visitors, destination managers become progressively more concerned about the longer term viability of tourism from a resident’s perspective. However, few studies have examined …

In this video, you will learn how to choose suitable research method when conducting research. You will also know some skills that can be used in research. In tourism research, …

Tourist–host social contact significantly influences the perceptions of tourists and deserves more attention from scholars in the field of tourism research. However, studies on the relationship between these two constructs …

In this video, you will have a better understanding of the differences between these two major research approaches. By the end of this video, can you share with us the …

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. In reality, the development of social tourism faces both opportunities and …

In this video, you learn about a study on social tourism conducted by Scott McCabe and his team, and get many meaningful and interesting findings. Social tourism have great impact …

In this video, we will learn that social tourism is a good experience for the whole society. At present, there are many studies focus on the benefits of social tourism, …

By the end of this video, you’ll be able to understand the established frameworks on social tourism. What frameworks are mentioned in the video that can be used to explain …

In this video, professor Scott McCabe will introduce the definition and development history of social tourism. We would like to invite you to share some thoughts about social tourism in …

Congratulations! You are now watching the last video of this course. We believe you have already had fruitful achievements through the learning of the research methods in tourism studies in …

Welcome! Before the start of the class, Dr. Liu, leading educator of this course, would like to hear some voices from the students. Dr. Liu is an assistant professor at …

In the last video of the fifth week, the case shared by Prof. Sigala gave a good illustration in terms of how we can apply not only just the procedure …