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Travel and Tourism Information Sources

This chapter provides a detailed overview of various sources essential for travel and tourism research, including indexing services, bibliographies, databases, periodicals, associations, government agencies, yearbooks, and final suggestions. Effective utilization of these sources can save time, money, and offer valuable insights.

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Travel and Tourism Information Sources

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  1. Travel and Tourism Information Sources Chapter 8

  2. Introduction • This chapter is organized into eight categories: • Indexing Services • Bibliographies and Finding Guides • Data Bases and Documentation Centers • Periodicals • Trade and Professional Associations • Government • Yearbooks, Annuals, Handbooks, and other sources • Some Final Suggestions

  3. …Intro continued • One of thebiggest mistakes in travel and tourism research is to rush out and collect primary data without exhausting secondary source information • In selecting sources of information, efforts have been made to: • Emphasize prime data • List sources that can be used to locate more detailed data • Keep the list brief enough to be actually read and used rather than just filed • Effective utilization can save money and time, and provide useful information

  4. Indexing Services • Travel research information may be found under many headings • The most important heading in indexes is “tourism” or “tourism trade” • Examples of other headings are : • Travel, Travel Agents, Vacations, Transportation, Tourist Camps, Recreation, National Parks, Hotels, Motels, etc. • Some examples of indexing services are Business Periodicals Index, The Hospitality Index: An Index for the Hotel, Food Service and Travel Industries; Lodging and Restaurant Index etc.

  5. Bibliographies and Finding Guides • Some examples: • Baretjie, R.. Tourist Analysis Review ( Aix-en-Provence, France: Centre des Hautes Etudes Rouristiques, Fondation Vasarely 1, Avenue Narcel Pagnol 13090, quarterly). This review give complete rerences of studies and a short synopsis of their contents. Each issue analyzes 160 books or articals dealing with tourism • Engass, Peter. Tourism and the Travel Industry: An Information Sourcebook (Phoenix, Arizona: Oryx Press, 1988), 152 pp. This bibliography lists and describes almost 900 books, journals, government publications, and proceedings dealing with domestic and international tourism.

  6. Data Bases and Documentation Centers • Several Data bases containing travel and tourism information are available now. • One of the quickest ways of finding information is to conduct a computer search of theses data bases • An example: • ABI/INFORM, 620 South Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202; (800) 626-2823. A computerized data base of business information for the most current five years. It consists of abstracts and indexes to business articles contained in more than 800 different journals. • Tourism Research and Documentation Centre

  7. Periodicals • Some examples: • Annuals of Tourism Research (Elmsford, New York: Pergamon Press, quarterly), $225 per year. • Travel Printout ( Washington, D.C: US Travel Data Center, monthly), $75 in US, $80 elsewhere • Travel Trade ( New York: Travel and Trade Publications, weekly), $10 a year in Us, $13 in Canada, $25 elsewhere

  8. Trade and Professional Associations • Many trade and professional associations publish valuable data on the travel industry • Some example: • Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), Telesis Tower, Suite 1750, 1 Montgomery St, San Francisco, California 94104. It publishes the PATA Annual Statistical Report and other publications and hold research seminars • Travel Industry Association of America, Two Lafayette Center, 1133 21st Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036. It has a publication program that includes special reports and newsletters

  9. Government • Government Agencies collect the most tourism information • The following agencies are involved in tourism research activities: • Ministries of tourism • Undersecretarial or underministerial tourism organizations • Specific government organizations for travel and tourism • Statistical agencies for collection, analysis, and publication of data related to travel and tourism • State or provincial tourism organizations • Some examples: • 1991 Annual Abstract National Park Service • Importance of Scenic Byways to Travel and Tourism

  10. Yearbooks, Annuals, Handbooks, and Other Sources • Some examples: • 1993 Outlook for Travel and Tourism • Discover America 2000 • The Travel Industry World Yearbook • Travel Trends in The United States of America and Canada • World Air Transport Statistics

  11. Some Final Suggestions • These are some well known books and reports on ravel research: • American Outdoors: The Legacy, The Challenge • Edgell, David. International Tourism Policy • Fidgen, Joseph. Dimensions of Tourism • Gee, Chuck Y. Resort Development and Management

  12. Conclusion • The number of sources of secondary information available on tourism, travel, and hospitality continues to grow • Information gathering requires a great deal of time, but this chapter provided a comprehensive list of sources for guidence

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