Gebundenes Buch

Research Methods for Tourism Students

Beschreibung

This book provides a balanced coverage of both qualitative and quantitative methods, accompanying students throughout the process of selecting a research topic and specifying research questions, aims and objectives.This is an essential resource to tourism students and will also be of interest to researchers in any social science subject.

Autor

Ramesh Durbarry is currently the Director General of the Civil Service College, Mauritius. He was appointed Professor in Tourism and Deputy Director at the Amity Institute of Higher Education, Mauritius. He has worked at the University of Bedfordshire as Head of Department, Marketing, Tourism & Hospitality. He was the CEO of the UOM Trust Business School in Mauritius and has also worked at the University of Nottingham as a Research Fellow, Lecturer in Research Methods of Tourism and Travel and then as Associate Professor in Tourism Management/Marketing. After successfully developing the School of Public Sector Policy and Management at the University of Technology, Mauritius, he was instrumental in the creation of the School of Sustainable Development and Tourism. His research focuses on tourism and travel, tourism taxation, price sensitivity of tourism and the impact of the tourism sector on the various economies, with a keen interest on climate change and sustainable tourism. He has published various articles in leading international journals and has contributed chapters in international books. He has worked on various projects for organisations such as WTO, UNWTO, EU, UNCTAD, VisitScotland and EMDA, among others, and on tourism destinations such as Malta and Cyprus.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 717g
• ISBN-13: 9780415673181
• ISBN-10: 0415673186
• Artikelnr.: 41609854