Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Preface xi
5. Contributors xiii
6. Foreword xvii
7. Introduction xix
8. 1. Ontology, Epistemology: Paradigms and Parameters for Qualitative Approaches to Tourism Research 1
9. 2. A Grounded Theory Approach to Tourism 29
10. 3. Ethnographic Approaches to Tourism Research 50
11. 4. Phenomenology in Leisure and Tourism Research 72
12. 5. Action Research and Tourism Studies 96
13. 6. Participant Observation in Cross-Cultural Tourism Research 129
14. 7. Aligning Western and Indigenous Ways of Doing Tourism Research: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Approach 157
15. 8. Qualitative Tourism Research: Focus Groups 184
16. 9. The Interview in Tourism Research 200
17. 10. A Mixed Methods Approach in Tourism Research 224
18. 11. Image Use in Tourism Research Methodology 248
19. 12. Conclusion 279
20. Index 285