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A Study on Theory-building for Tourism Phenomenon

  • Journal of Tourism Sciences
  • Abbr : JTS
  • 2013, 37(10), pp.11-32
  • Publisher : The Tourism Sciences Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Social Science > Tourism

Hyejin Yoon 1 Kim Chulwon 2

1Indiana University
2경희대학교

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ABSTRACT

The ultimate goal of science is theory. Tourism research still lacks a conceptualization scheme, theoretical framework, and a cumulative knowledge. One of the reasons is that many tourism researchers have been preoccupied with the short-term goal of finding specific relations from accepting or rejecting a hypothesis to track and record a staggering expansion of the tourism industry. Thus, there is a need to guide an outline on the systematic process of theory- building in tourism studies. In this context, this paper provides the insight and conceptual framework for the building and understanding of tourism theory that will lead the tourism science into a discipline, not a field of study or a special form of leisure. In particular, the study discusses an emergent paradigm shift from tourism studies and researchers and identifies a virtue of good theory and scientific theory-building process. This conceptual paper could help researchers gain insights in terms of theory-building and its necessity with a sense of responsibility as a tourism researcher. The study makes a conceptual and theoretical contribution to expanding scientific domain of tourism knowledge.

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