TY - JOUR AB - Although this is a survey of research techniques, it has become increasingly apparent, as the study has progressed, that our investigation of research methods for use in tourism and travel studies, without prior consideration of the nature and scopes of tourism and travel themselves, would he inadequate. At the outset it would be imperative to distinguish three interrelated terms. These are recreation, tourism, and travel. VL - 30 IS - 4 SN - 0251-3102 DO - 10.1108/eb057724 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb057724 AU - Var Turgut AU - Swart William W. AU - Gearing Charles E. PY - 1975 Y1 - 1975/01/01 TI - Management science and operations research in travel and tourism T2 - The Tourist Review PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 129 EP - 142 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -