Life Satisfaction and Support for Tourism Development
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Publication Title
Annals of Tourism Research
Volume
50
First page number:
84
Last page number:
97
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to better understand local residents’ support for tourism development by exploring residents’ perceived value of tourism development, life domain satisfaction (material/non-material), and overall quality of life in their community. The study provides the theoretical and empirical evidence of the relationships among those constructs. Using a sample of residents from five different tourism destinations, the results of a structural equation modeling approach indicated that residents’ perceived value of tourism development positively affects non-material and material life domain satisfaction; thereby, it contributes to overall quality of life. Finally, overall quality of life is an effective predictor of support for further tourism development.
Keywords
Perceived value of tourism development; Non-material/material life domain satisfaction; Overall quality of life; Support for further tourism development
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Repository Citation
Woo, E.,
Kim, H.,
Uysal, M.
(2015).
Life Satisfaction and Support for Tourism Development.
Annals of Tourism Research, 50
84-97.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2014.11.001