Research Themes in Tourism and Hospitality
5 Disciplines involved in studying Tourism
Anthropology
Business and Management
Economics
Geography
History
5 Disciplines involved in studying Hospitality Management
Business, Management and Operation
Food Science
Nutrition and Health
Home Economics
Safety and Security
General Topics of Research
Visitor Profile Studies
Satisfaction Studies
Tourism Impacts
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Plays and important role in determining of the visitors while they are in a place, their usual activities and their likes and dislikes
Visitor Profile Studies
Focuses on measuring the quality of service provided at a business or a destination
Satisfaction Studies
The emphasis is usually on determining why a service provided leads to the popularity of the destination
Satisfaction Studies
Focus on the improvement or development of service
Satisfaction Studies
Entail studying the short-and-long-term effects of tourism activity in the economic, cultural, social and environmental aspects of a specific destination
Tourism Impacts
Determines the different perceptions of stakeholders, both visitors and non-visitors, on a certain destination
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Plays a huge role in the attractiveness of a given situation
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Crucial to study how a tourist, visitor or client views a specific destination
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Researchers can gather pertinent data and owners and developers use the information in improving their operations
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Focuses on having the goal of determining where and how the tourists get their information about a certain destination
Information
Researchers may focus on the usual and emerging ways a tourist learns about a destination, what can be done to improve the information transfer and how to remove the obstacles in getting this kind of information
Information