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Knowledge development in tourism: tourism demand research

✍ Scribed by Adee Athiyaman

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Weight
662 KB
Volume
18
Category
Article
ISSN
0261-5177

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✦ Synopsis

Could tourism demand research be criticized as 'data hammering' with little or no concern for theory development and testing.'? This paper addresses this question by analyzing published studies on 'tourism demand' for their contribution to knowledge building in the field. Results reveal that tourism demand research remains in its infancy.

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