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Analysis of Newspapers Travelers' Tales To Help Students Learn Tourism Motivations

Analysis of Newspapers Travelers' Tales To Help Students Learn Tourism Motivations Tourism motivation is an important topic in tourism management studies. To help students better understand this topic, 63 travelers' tales (or personal travelogues) published in travel section of The New York Times were used as data sources to illustrate the application of a tourism motivation analysis framework and teaching method. One exercise and one project were also designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students, respectively to peruse this data source. It is hoped the dataset can enrich lecturers' teaching materials and the framework proposed can help students analyze, categorize, and synthesize tourism motivations. It is argued and suggested that students will develop a more proactive learning attitude and critical thinking skills after completing the suggested project. Additionally, some future research that could peruse this dataset is also suggested. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal Of Teaching In Travel & Tourism Taylor & Francis

Analysis of Newspapers Travelers' Tales To Help Students Learn Tourism Motivations

Pan, Steve
Journal Of Teaching In Travel & Tourism , Volume 9 (3-4): 14 – Dec 15, 2009
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Abstract

Tourism motivation is an important topic in tourism management studies. To help students better understand this topic, 63 travelers' tales (or personal travelogues) published in travel section of The New York Times were used as data sources to illustrate the application of a tourism motivation analysis framework and teaching method. One exercise and one project were also designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students, respectively to peruse this data source. It is hoped the dataset can enrich lecturers' teaching materials and the framework proposed can help students analyze, categorize, and synthesize tourism motivations. It is argued and suggested that students will develop a more proactive learning attitude and critical thinking skills after completing the suggested project. Additionally, some future research that could peruse this dataset is also suggested.

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Journal Of Teaching In Travel & Tourism – Taylor & Francis

Published: Dec 15, 2009

Keywords: tourism education; tourism motivations; tourist angst; travelogues

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