Stephen Smith (Canada University of Guelph)

Practical Tourism Research

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Training in research methods is increasingly important for students of tourism, so this book covers everything a student needs to know. Full of practical advice, it uses real-world examples and focus boxes to help train the next generation of researchers, covering questionnaire design, sample selection, analytical tools and more.

Produktdetails

• CABI Tourism Texts
• Verlag: CABI Publishing
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 188mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 812g
• ISBN-13: 9781780648873
• ISBN-10: 1780648871
• Artikelnr.: 46504490

Autorenporträt

Stephen L. J. Smith is a Professor of Tourism in the School of Hospitality, Food, and Tourism Management at the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He is also Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo, Canada. His research interests include tourism statistics and economics, tourism informatics, tourism policy, and culinary tourism. He advises graduate students who are doing research in these areas and teaches research methods. He works with empirical ("quantitative"), subjective ("qualitative"), and mixed research designs. Stephen is the author of numerous articles in scholarly journals as well as several books. He is past-Chair of the Canadian Tourism Commission's Research Committee and past-Chair of the Canadian Tourism Human Resources Council's Research Committee. He is an Elected Fellow of the International Statistical institute, past-Chair of their Committee on Statistics in Travel and Tourism, an Elected Fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism, and a member Travel and Tourism International Research Association, and Slow Food International. Stephen consults with various local provincial, national, and international government and not-for-profit agencies.