国内旅游研究方法的初步分析

旅游学科的成熟依赖于研究方法的科学性，旅游研究的方法问题已经引起国内外学者的广泛关注。作者通过对《旅游学刊》1999～2003年发表的465篇文章的分析，认为定性研究是中国旅游研究的主导范式，仍基本处于传统定性阶段；旅游研究的资料来源主要是论文书籍和官方统计数据．不同研究方法的资料来源存在差异；研究内容和作者的地理分布影响研究方法的选择；作者单位对研究方法影响较小。

An Initial Analysis of Tourism Research Methods in China

The maturity of tourism discipline depends on scientific research methods, the problem of tourism research methods has aroused attention among scholars both at home and abroad. By analyzing 465 articles from 1999 to 2003 in Tourism Tribune Bimonthly, we consider that qualitative research is the dominant paradigm of tourism research in China,which is still in traditional period; the majority of research materials comes from papers, books and official statistic data; different research methods have different material sources; research content and the author's location affects the selection of research methods; author's profession has little influence on the research methods.