Research trends of young scholars in tourism geography
The return to idealism of the new generation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12974285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Honggang Xu (0000-0003-1354-6654, Sun Yat-sen University, corresponding author), Fenfen Jiang (0000-0002-0101-8996, Sun Yat-sen University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 402-419 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-28 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of China Tourism Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1938-8160 • E-ISSN: 1938-8179 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19388160.2019.1618426 |
| OpenAlex | W2946927267 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
This study analyzed 169 projects on tourism geography funded by the Youth Science Fund of the NSFC in order to understand the generational characteristics of research of young tourism geographers. The results are as follows: 1) the research topics are diversified, showing obvious interdisciplinary characteristics; 2) the research shows a cultural turn, and studies have gradually become more "people-oriented"; 3) the research questions are closely related to reality; 4) the research scale ranges from macro to micro; 5) in terms of theory and method, researchers tend to follow rigorous procedures to carry out their studies; and 6) the spatial characteristics of the institutes where the projects are conducted are widely distributed but are clustered in small circles, which is similar to the spatial distribution of the research cases. These characteristics are related to the guidance of the NSFC, the attributes of cross-discipline academic exchanges at home and abroad, and the demonstrative role of leading Chinese research institutes. Young scholars are part of a generation of rationalism, and at a time when theoretical thinking is weak and application practice is strong, it is the mission of every tourism geographer to reconsider their research questions and clarify the true value of research
Demonstrative · Economic geography · Epistemology · Geographer · Geography · Idealism · Political science · Regional science · Scale (ratio · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · Value (mathematics · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Hospitality and Tourism Education · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |