Combating Tourism-related Corruption: Effective Countermeasures Derived from Analysing Tourists’ Perceptions and Experiences
Corruption in the context of tourism adheres to the mainstream tradition of (anti-)corruptionrelatedresearch; mainly focusing to the macro-level impact of corruption in economicdevelopment. A number of studies utilize secondary data and / or indices to explore causality /correlation with an array of...
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| description | Corruption in the context of tourism adheres to the mainstream tradition of (anti-)corruptionrelatedresearch; mainly focusing to the macro-level impact of corruption in economicdevelopment. A number of studies utilize secondary data and / or indices to explore causality /correlation with an array of tourism performance indicators. This paper aims at complementingthe existing research by exploring the corruption phenomenon from the perspective of theindividual tourist (micro-level). Content (qualitative) analysis of 204 holiday reviews posted ontripadvisor.com were selected and coded. The meta-data analysis of the reviews and thepreliminary thematic analysis suggest that tourism-related corruption can be effectively andpragmatically combated with targeted, pragmatic measures at a local-level, without significantdependence on overreaching legislative, structural (and even cultural) changes. This worksupports the notion that relatively small and short-term organizational changes at a local level canenable larger-term, significant positive anti-corruption effects at the macro-level. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d5b8e549ddf149da98cfbd59ffae525c2022-12-21T18:28:01ZengOvidius University PressOvidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series2393-31272393-31272016-01-01XVI2248255Combating Tourism-related Corruption: Effective Countermeasures Derived from Analysing Tourists’ Perceptions and ExperiencesAlexis Papathanassis0Bremerhaven University of Applied SciencesCorruption in the context of tourism adheres to the mainstream tradition of (anti-)corruptionrelatedresearch; mainly focusing to the macro-level impact of corruption in economicdevelopment. A number of studies utilize secondary data and / or indices to explore causality /correlation with an array of tourism performance indicators. This paper aims at complementingthe existing research by exploring the corruption phenomenon from the perspective of theindividual tourist (micro-level). Content (qualitative) analysis of 204 holiday reviews posted ontripadvisor.com were selected and coded. The meta-data analysis of the reviews and thepreliminary thematic analysis suggest that tourism-related corruption can be effectively andpragmatically combated with targeted, pragmatic measures at a local-level, without significantdependence on overreaching legislative, structural (and even cultural) changes. This worksupports the notion that relatively small and short-term organizational changes at a local level canenable larger-term, significant positive anti-corruption effects at the macro-level.http://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/ENG/2016/2016-II-full/s3/19.pdftourismcorruptionreviewsperceptionscontent analysis |
| spellingShingle | Alexis Papathanassis Combating Tourism-related Corruption: Effective Countermeasures Derived from Analysing Tourists’ Perceptions and Experiences Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series tourism corruption reviews perceptions content analysis |
| title | Combating Tourism-related Corruption: Effective Countermeasures Derived from Analysing Tourists’ Perceptions and Experiences |
| title_full | Combating Tourism-related Corruption: Effective Countermeasures Derived from Analysing Tourists’ Perceptions and Experiences |
| title_fullStr | Combating Tourism-related Corruption: Effective Countermeasures Derived from Analysing Tourists’ Perceptions and Experiences |
| title_full_unstemmed | Combating Tourism-related Corruption: Effective Countermeasures Derived from Analysing Tourists’ Perceptions and Experiences |
| title_short | Combating Tourism-related Corruption: Effective Countermeasures Derived from Analysing Tourists’ Perceptions and Experiences |
| title_sort | combating tourism related corruption effective countermeasures derived from analysing tourists perceptions and experiences |
| topic | tourism corruption reviews perceptions content analysis |
| url | http://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/ENG/2016/2016-II-full/s3/19.pdf |
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