Quality Tourism Experiences: Reviews, Reflections, Research Agendas
Author(s)
Jennings, Gayle
Lee, Young-Sook
Ayling, Amanda
Lunny, Brooke
Cater, Carl
Ollenburg, Claudia
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2009
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"Quality tourism experiences", including its singular form, is a well used phrase in tourism industry literature and traveller dialogues. Yet definitions of a quality tourism experience remain elusive. Tourism studies, recreation and marketing literature similarly resonate with numerous applications of the phrase as well as its contributing terms. A social constructivist approach was applied to a literature review, in order to reflect on the status of "quality tourism experiences", its meanings, as well as research approaches used and research agendas proffered. From the review emerged multiple interpretations and constructions ...
View more >"Quality tourism experiences", including its singular form, is a well used phrase in tourism industry literature and traveller dialogues. Yet definitions of a quality tourism experience remain elusive. Tourism studies, recreation and marketing literature similarly resonate with numerous applications of the phrase as well as its contributing terms. A social constructivist approach was applied to a literature review, in order to reflect on the status of "quality tourism experiences", its meanings, as well as research approaches used and research agendas proffered. From the review emerged multiple interpretations and constructions as well as an emphasis on complexity. Research approaches were predicated to post/positivistic approaches. Research agendas essayed to understand specific dimensions of quality tourism experiences along with more holistic frames.
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View more >"Quality tourism experiences", including its singular form, is a well used phrase in tourism industry literature and traveller dialogues. Yet definitions of a quality tourism experience remain elusive. Tourism studies, recreation and marketing literature similarly resonate with numerous applications of the phrase as well as its contributing terms. A social constructivist approach was applied to a literature review, in order to reflect on the status of "quality tourism experiences", its meanings, as well as research approaches used and research agendas proffered. From the review emerged multiple interpretations and constructions as well as an emphasis on complexity. Research approaches were predicated to post/positivistic approaches. Research agendas essayed to understand specific dimensions of quality tourism experiences along with more holistic frames.
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Journal Title
Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management
Volume
18
Issue
2-3
Subject
Tourism Management
Tourism Marketing
Commercial Services
Marketing
Tourism