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Quantitative methods in tourism and hospitality: a perspective article

Davide Provenzano (Department of Economics, Statistics and Business, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy)
Rodolfo Baggio (Dondena Center for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy and National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia)

Tourism Review

ISSN: 1660-5373

Article publication date: 9 October 2019

Issue publication date: 20 February 2020

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of past perspectives and future trends in tourism and hospitality research.

Design/methodology/approach

The study grounds the discussion on the timeline evolution of quantitative research methods.

Findings

Although still under-recognized by scholars, mixed methods represent the future of research in tourism and hospitality.

Research limitations/implications

The investigation is confined to quantitative methods.

Originality/value

No other surveys sketch a period of 150 years of quantitative analyses in tourism and hospitality.

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Acknowledgements

R.B. acknowledges the financial support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in the framework of the Competitiveness Enhancement Program of the Tomsk Polytechnic University. Funding: This research was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in the framework of the Competitiveness Enhancement Program of the Tomsk Polytechnic University.

Citation

Provenzano, D. and Baggio, R. (2020), "Quantitative methods in tourism and hospitality: a perspective article", Tourism Review, Vol. 75 No. 1, pp. 24-28. https://doi.org/10.1108/TR-07-2019-0281

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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