ABSTRACT

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 providing a balanced approach toward both quantitative and qualitative methods of research. The text also carefully considers the international aspect of the industry and the people it employees, which supports the books aims of:

* Providing an excellent understanding of the basic principles of conducting research, in a straight forward “no nonsense” guide
* Carefully considering the particular characteristics of the hospitality and tourism sectors in relation to embarking on a research project in the area
* Including in each chapter an “International Dimension” section, as well as case studies, questions and reflections on the research process

chapter 1|20 pages

Getting started

chapter 2|21 pages

Developing academic reading skills

chapter 3|27 pages

Developing literature review skills

chapter 5|18 pages

Sampling

chapter 6|29 pages

Data collection techniques

chapter 7|19 pages

Writing your research proposal

chapter 8|12 pages

Conducting the fieldwork

chapter 9|27 pages

Analysis of qualitative data

chapter 10|34 pages

Analysis of quantitative data

chapter 11|14 pages

Writing up the dissertation