Cultural Tourism Research Methods

The consumption of culture is one of the most important aspects of tourism activity. Cultural tourism includes experiencing local culture, tradition and lifestyle, participation in arts-related activities, and visits to museums, monuments and heritage sites. This book reviews a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methods applied to the field of cultural tourism, including surveys, mystery tourist visits, visitor tracking, grand tour narratives, collage, researcher-created video, photo-based interviews, ethnographic and actor-network approaches.

It provides a practical guide on how to conduct research as well as a discussion and evaluation of the methods, making it an ideal resource for students and researchers in tourism and leisure.