Conceptual research in tourism

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 66-88

  Xin, Shuang ^a   Tribe, John ^a   Chambers, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual research; Empirical research; Epistemology; Research methods

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEW; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; TOURISM;

EID: 84873141724     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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