The Comparison-Based Case Study Approach in Hospitality and Tourism Research ^*

Determining food attributes for measuring and evaluating a gastronomic destination's appeal to visitors

“…This study used a case study methodology because it is regarded as a good methodology that not only facilitates rich data collection at various stages but also offers a real context for the evaluation object and research issue, as well as various sources of evidence for inductive and deductive approaches (Cihangir and Seremet, 2022). Mixed methodologies in the social sciences are particularly effective for multidisciplinary subjects, such as gastronomy and tourism.…”

The Internalization of Participation and Coherence Dimensions of Governance in Tourism Destination Management Organizations—An Exploratory Approach

“…A case study analysis has been designed for this purpose. As is widely acknowledged, case study analyses are a valuable way of exploring events as they happen [89]. Case studies demonstrate a flexibility that is not evident in many alternative research modes and can illustrate the complexities of a situation by recognizing more than one contributing factor.…”

“…Case studies are not only a frequently used but also a very useful and much needed approach in tourism research [91]. While the case study approach has been criticized for its lack of representational and generalizable data, the multiple case study approach can overcome this disadvantage [89].…”

“…Opening up and adding evidence to governance internalization, this research begins to fill an existing gap in some of the tourism governance analysis and highlights the interest of this exploratory approach. The method that was used to select the cases guarantees that the plurality of existing entities has been considered and, as Cihangir and Seremet [89] propose for these kinds of studies, in this case, it has been included the existing diversity in tourism destination organizations of the Catalan tourist system.…”