TY - BOOK AU - Richard, Greg AU - Munsters, Wil TI - Cultural tourism research methods SN - 9781845935184 U1 - 910.72 PY - 2010/// CY - Massachusetts PB - CABI N2 - The consumption of culture is one of the most important aspects of tourism activity. Cultural tourism includes experiencing local culture, traditions 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 ER -