Cross Cultural Tourism Research

Question 1

Key purposes of cross cultural tourism research

Answer 1

Inform indigenous population
Add to body of research and understanding
Well executed, ethical cross cultural research should empower and inform the native people’s in addition to researcher (b&h p393)

Question 2

Research validity

Answer 2

Ability of instrument to measure what it’s supposed to measure

Question 3

Research authenticity

Answer 3

Total capacity to elicit unbiased and genuine responses from the subject

Question 4

Social research influenced by

Answer 4

Interviewer related factor
Interview and settings
Respondent related factor
Cultural factors

Question 5

Cross cultural research methods

Answer 5

Quantitative and qualitative
Science and art
Etic and emic
Rigorous and flexible

Question 6

Etic and emic cross cultural research

Answer 6

Phonetic: scholars using clearly defined criteria, objectively and scientifically record sounds and then study them in rigorous ways
Phonemics: does not concentrate upon observable phenomena (sound patterns), but upon categories which exist within the mind of the informant and cannot be empirically verified

Question 7

Etic vs emic

Answer 7

Etic(scientific): rigorous, hinders ability to explain, can be verified by others, only q’s that can be measured, can be taught

Emic(humanistic): unverifiable, views cultures on their own terms, assumes how other minds think, uses all available evidence