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Qualitative research refers to inquiries applying a range of qualitative methods in order to inductively explore, interpret, and understand a given field or object under study. Qualitative research in tourism takes its inspiration primarily from the cultural and social sciences such as anthropology and sociology. Most often, the aim of this research approach is to explore and search for meaning or to develop an understanding through empirical studies, generating rich descriptions or collecting material, which may become subject to interpretation. Qualitative research seeks to avoid making generalizations, grand claims, and reductions and is often characterized by a high level of reflectivity and sensitivity to power relations and ambiguity. All of these characteristics will be elaborated further below.

The concept of qualitative research covers a range of methodologies, but is usually contrasted with and seen in opposition to quantitative and deductive research, as it attempts to...

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The first to focus solely upon qualitative research in tourism, this book combines discussions of the philosophies underpinning qualitative research, with reflexive chapters that demonstrate how these techniques can be used.

Incorporating a range of case studies written by leading international scholars, this book makes clear the ways in which these pieces of research have been informed by the authors' epistemological, ontological and methodological standpoint. Based on a range of empirical tourism studies set in the context of theoretical discussion, it demonstrates the benefits of using a range of qualitative approaches to research tourism, exploring the ways in which a number of techniques, including participants observation, memory work, biographical diaries, focus groups and visual exercises, have been adopted by researchers from a range of disciplinary backgrounds to undertake empirical research in tourism.

An indispensable text for final year undergraduates, Masters and PhD students embarking on research in the field, it also will be a valuable title for academics with an interest in either tourism research or qualitative methodology. Linking theory with research practice, it offers a holistic account of qualitative research in tourism.

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Part | 2  pages, part i key ontological, epistemological and methodological issues in social science, chapter 1 | 3  pages, progress in qualitative research in tourism, chapter | 24  pages, thinking about researching the social world, chapter 2 | 16  pages, the inquiry paradigm in qualitative tourism research, chapter 3 | 3  pages, knowing about tourism, chapter | 3  pages, tourism: two fields studied through multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity and extradisciplinarity, chapter | 11  pages, problematising tourism knowledge, chapter 4 | 4  pages, a primer in ontological craft, chapter | 16  pages, background to the new profusion of qualitative research approaches: the continuum for ‘naturalistic’ techniques to ‘progressive’ techniques, chapter 5 | 19  pages, ontological craft in tourism studies, chapter 6 | 2  pages, (dis)embodied experience and power dynamics in tourism research, chapter | 15  pages, terms of embodiment, chapter 7 | 18  pages, standpoint research, chapter 8 | 19  pages, reflexivity and tourism research, chapter 9 | 3  pages, trustworthiness in qualitative tourism research, criteria of trustworthiness, chapter | 2  pages, triangulation, implementing trustworthiness: an illustration, chapter 10 | 11  pages, new wine in old bottles, chapter | 4  pages, acknowledgement, chapter 11 | 10  pages, from ontology, epistemology and methodology to the field, part ii from research theory to practice, chapter 12 | 3  pages, the research process as a journey, chapter | 8  pages, critique and evaluation, reflecting upon the ‘journey’, chapter 13 | 21  pages, let your data do the talking, chapter 14 | 8  pages, the life and work history methodology, chapter | 9  pages, work history analysis, chapter 15 | 8  pages, memory-work, chapter | 10  pages, phase 2: the collective meets, chapter 16 | 11  pages, contributions of qualitative research to understanding the politics of community ecotourism, from participant observation to participatory research, chapter 17 | 15  pages, shared benefits, chapter 18 | 13  pages, translators, trust and truth.

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The first to focus solely upon qualitative research in tourism, this book combines discussions of the philosophies underpinning qualitative research, with reflexive chapters that demonstrate how these techniques can be used. Incorporating a range of case studies written by leading international scholars, this book makes clear the ways in which these pieces of research have been informed by the authors' epistemological, ontological and methodological standpoint. Based on a range of empirical tourism studies set in the context of theoretical discussion, it demonstrates the benefits of using a range of qualitative approaches to research tourism, exploring the ways in which a number of techniques, including participants observation, memory work, biographical diaries, focus groups and visual exercises, have been adopted by researchers from a range of disciplinary backgrounds to undertake empirical research in tourism. An indispensable text for final year undergraduates, Masters and PhD students embarking on research in the field, it also will be a valuable title for academics with an interest in either tourism research or qualitative methodology. Linking theory with research practice, it offers a holistic account of qualitative research in tourism.

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Article publication date: 19 December 2019

Issue publication date: 19 March 2020

This paper aims to present a systematic review of tourism articles using qualitative online methods. By focussing on tourism journals, this work explores the paradigmatic beliefs, methodological approaches and methods underpinning tourism qualitative online research.

Design/methodology/approach

This review was conducted systematically by following the reporting checklist of the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination.

Overall, this systematic review indicates that the ontological and epistemological beliefs guiding online research are not clearly expressed by tourism scholars. It also shows that the possibility of using the internet for more interactive and participatory forms of research has not been fully explored by tourism scholars.

Research limitations/implications

This paper expands tourism scholars’ awareness of the range of qualitative approaches/methods available by suggesting additional research instruments that could replace or complement the traditional ones. However, by selecting only indexed journal papers, other sources of publications, such as papers published in non-Scopus and non-Web-of-Science journals, books, book chapters and conference papers, were not included in the current review.

Originality/value

This work emphasizes the important role of cyberspace in facilitating virtual interactions between researchers and participants in the co-construction of qualitative empirical material.

本文运用了互联网在线定性管理方法对旅游管理进行了具体及系统的评估。通过关注旅游期刊, 本文探索旅游在线定性管理的规范模式和方法研究。

本文依据评审和传播中心的系统鉴定标准（PRISMA）进行深入的分析和探索。

目前的旅游学术研究并未明确诠释或指导互联网对旅游管理的在线评估, 及其本体论和认知理念。利用互联网进行旅游评估的探索, 提升相关互动性和参与性都将成为旅游管理的潜在发展方向。

在现有定性管理方法的基础上, 本文提出可用于替代或补充传统研究方法的在线虚拟互动评估模式, 并开扩了学术界对旅游定性鉴定的新方法和认识。但是, 本文的研究主体仅为有索引的旅游学术期刊 （如：Scopus indexed journals）, 非索引的研究期刊和发表文献, 如书籍, 探讨会文稿都不包括在本文研究范围内。

本文构建了互联网在线定性管理的模式, 并强调了现代网络在促进管理研究人员和相关参与者之间虚拟互动中所扮演的重要角色

在线方法, 定性方法, 旅游, 自反 性, 互联网人种学

Este artículo presenta una revisión sistemática de artículos de turismo que emplean métodos cualitativos en línea. Al centrarse en las revistas de turismo, este trabajo explora las creencias paradigmáticas, los enfoques metodológicos y los métodos que sustentan la investigación cualitativa en línea del turismo.

Diseño/metodología/enfoque

Esta revisión se realizó de manera sistemática siguiendo la lista de verificación de informes de los Elementos de informes preferidos para revisiones sistemáticas y metaanálisis por el Centro de Revisiones y Difusión.

En general, esta revisión sistemática indica que los estudiosos del turismo no expresan claramente las creencias ontológicas y epistemológicas que guían la investigación en línea. También muestra que los académicos del turismo no han explorado completamente la posibilidad de utilizar internet para formas de investigación más interactivas y participativas.

Limitaciones/implicaciones de la investigación

Esta revisión amplía la conciencia de los académicos del turismo sobre la gama de enfoques/métodos cualitativos disponibles al sugerir instrumentos de investigación adicionales que podrían reemplazar o complementar los tradicionales. Sin embargo, al seleccionar solo artículos de revistas indexadas, otras fuentes de publicaciones, como artículos publicados en revistas que no son Scopus y que no son de la Web-of-Science, libros, capítulos de libros y documentos de conferencias no se incluyeron en la revisión actual.

Originalidad/valor

Este trabajo enfatiza el importante papel del ciberespacio para facilitar las interacciones virtuales entre investigadores y participantes en la co-construcción de material empírico cualitativo.

Palabras claves

Métodos en línea, Métodos cualitativos, Turismo, Reflexividad, Netnografía

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• How does the academic communication network support and advance the body of knowledge in sustainable tourism, thereby fostering influential intellectual growth and activism for sustainable development within the tourism field?
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