Tourist experiences, phenomenographic analysis, post‐postivism and neural network software

Ryan, Chris

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“…Tourism research has been dominated by positivistic methods and assumptions that have marginalized divergent methodologies at the expense of greater explanatory potential (Walle 1997;Ryan 2000: Botterill 2001). This study's interpretation was developed from a strategy of inquiry that sought to 'stud[y] behaviour from inside a system', focused on tourists' experience (Weber, 2001, p. 372).…”

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Package adventure tours: markers in serious leisure careers

2004

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A BSTRACT The complex experience of kayakers on an adventure tour is explored through the attributes and qualities of Stebbins' concept of serious leisure. Serious leisure is related to Bourdieu's term 'field' or, more descriptively, a 'way of thinking', which provides a theoretical framework appropriate to understanding adventure tourism experiences. The paper is based on observations of participation, conversations and in-depth interviews with nine tourists on a 14-day white-water kayaking package tour of the South Island of New Zealand, in February 2002. Analysis of the resulting field notes and transcripts of interviews and conversations revealed an interpretation of the participants' experience and their understanding of this experience which, although embedded in the images and language of adventure, is focused on serious leisure attributes of personal challenge, status and safe success. The conclusion of this paper is that the package adventure tour experience can be a significant marker in serious leisure careers.

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Package adventure tours: markers in serious leisure careers

2004

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“…It would go beyond the object of this paper to explain the detailed working of the program any further, as the above explanation is a simplification, but for a good overview please refer to Woelfel and Stoyanoff (1993). Among others, Gretzel and Fesenmaier (2003) and Ryan (2000) have advocated CATPAC as being a valuable tool for content analysis in tourism research. For a complete description of the methodology, please refer to Govers (2005aGovers ( , 2005b.…”

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Promoting Tourism Destination Image

Govers,

Go,

Kumar

2007

Journal of Travel Research

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This article examines the role of tourism promotion as a component of destination image formation. It reports the findings of a study in which 1,100 respondents from around the globe described their previsit perceived image of seven sample destinations, as well as the information sources they used. The findings suggest that tourism promotion does not have a major impact upon the perceptions of travelers and that other sources of information have a much greater bearing on the formation of destination image. As a result, tourism authorities need to understand that successful tourism promotion is dependent on a broad range of external influences. At the same time, the impact of marketing communication decisions on measurables such as revenue, market share, and costs must be carefully assessed.

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“…', and these types of questions are used to elicit responses from informants. Ryan (2000) suggests that this mode of questioning also poses advantages in that it quickly elicits salience (or 'top of the mind notions ' -Pike, 2002' -Pike, , 2007Pike & Ryan, 2004), and creates text that lends itself to the use of textual analysis programmes. These can aid in the establishment of tests of credibility of interpretation.…”

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Evaluating heritage: tourists and holiday visits to heritage sites

Trinh¹,

Ryan

Cave

2015

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change

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This paper analyses 'top of the mind' evaluations of respondents who had visited three cultural heritage sites in New Zealand. Unlike many studies, this paper reports data derived from answers written to open-ended questions. The research sought to assess to what extent respondents are purposeful seekers of knowledge, or alternatively are simply seeking experiences that contribute to an overall satisfying visit and to their holiday experiences. While it may be suggested that the needs for relaxation, social bonding and knowledge lead to an evaluation of sites via the importance tourists attributed to factors such as uniqueness, it is found that, for the majority of tourists, uniqueness is either given little importance or is engaged with in shallow ways. The visit to the site is hence evaluated by the contribution it makes to enjoyable holidaytaking, rather than holidaymaking.

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Tourist experiences, phenomenographic analysis, post‐postivism and neural network software

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Package adventure tours: markers in serious leisure careers

Package adventure tours: markers in serious leisure careers

Promoting Tourism Destination Image

Evaluating heritage: tourists and holiday visits to heritage sites

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