Life satisfaction and support for tourism development

Eunju Woo, Hyelin Kim and Muzaffer Uysal

Annals of Tourism Research, 2015, vol. 50, issue C, 84-97

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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2014.11.001

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