Chapter 9. Chaos and Complexity in Tourism: In Search of a New Perspective

Faulkner, Bill; Russell, Roslyn

doi:10.21832/9781873150498-015

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“…This has the effect of isolating a part of the broader topic and concentrates research effort on that part. An alternative paradigm is to seek a holistic or systemic grasp of the inter-linked nature of tourism (Faulkner & Russell, 1997;Leiper, 1989Leiper, , 1990.…”

Section: The Boundaries Of Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tourism research: building from other disciplines

Laws

Scott

2015

Tourism Recreation Research

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Tourism as a field of study is challenged to identify a theoretical core and disciplinary boundaries. While the phenomena of tourism may be considered a system of interlinked parts, the scholarly body of knowledge of tourism may be described as a mosaic of knowledge. This paper identifies a number of methodological problems that tourism research must address. We further propose that future study should focus its attention on core issues of tourism related to the consumer's pursuit of difference in their travel. Further, these core issues should be addressed using the most appropriate disciplinary theory and methodology providing the data needed to produce a holistic picture for deeper analysis.

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Section: The Boundaries Of Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tourism research: building from other disciplines

Laws

Scott

2015

Tourism Recreation Research

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“…' Chaos theory embraces a number of concepts relevant to the understanding of and responses to tourism crises. These are considered in detail elsewhere in the literature (Faulkner & Russell, 1997;Russell & Faulkner, 2004;Sellnow et al, 2002). However, a brief review here will inform an alternative, theorybased approach of tourism crisis management.…”

Section: Tourism Crisis Management and Chaos Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Tourism has more generally been described as 'an inherently non-linear, complex and dynamic system that is well described within the chaos paradigm' (Faulkner & Russell, 1997;McKercher, 1999, p. 425;Zahra & Ryan, 2007). That is, in contrast to the widely-held perception that it is a linear, deterministic and predictable activity and, hence, amenable to planning and control, tourism is unpredictable, complex, difficult to manage effectively and, according to McKercher (1999), best considered from the perspective of chaos theory.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A chaos theory perspective on destination crisis management: Evidence from Mexico

Speakman

Sharpley

2012

Journal of Destination Marketing & Management

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“…Jennings (2001) claims that chaos theory is being challenged by complexity theory. On the other hand, McKercher (1999) treats chaos and complexity as companions describing how complex systems function and this view is supported by Byrne (1998), Lewin (1993), Faulkner and Russell (1997), and Russell and Faulkner (2004).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Indeed, was Butler an advocate of complexity theory before the term became accepted within tourism literature given that he initially sought primarily to describe that destinations had life as a product (Butler, 1998)? Faulkner and Russell (1997) sought to apply some basic concepts of chaos and complexity to tourism contexts to better identify the uneven progress of that life. Some of the examples they provided included:…”

Section: Chaos and Complexity In Tourism Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%