Moving beyond positivism: reflexive collaboration in understanding agritourism across North American boundaries

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 404-413

  Ainley, Suzanne ^a   Kline, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agritourism; appreciative inquiry; interpretative phenomenological analysis; interpretative research approaches; reflexivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY FARM; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84902292979     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2012.750281     Document Type: Article

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