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Assessing Community Quality of Life in the Context of Tourism Development

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One of major purposes of tourism development in a destination is to improve the quality of life (QOL) of host community. This study aims to assess tourism-related community quality of life (TCQOL). The study applied Sirgy and Cornell’s community QOL model (2001) and modified the measuring approach incorporating resident perceptions of satisfaction, importance, and tourism effects (Andereck and Nyaupane 2010) to evaluate resident perceptions of community quality of life in the context of tourism development. The assessment incorporating the community quality of life model and the modified measuring approach that could be a useful tool for tourism practitioners and scholars to understand resident perceptions of community QOL, assess changes of resident perceived community QOL in a host community, and compare the community QOL experiences to other areas.

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Yu, CP., Cole, S.T. & Chancellor, C. Assessing Community Quality of Life in the Context of Tourism Development. Applied Research Quality Life 11, 147–162 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-014-9359-6

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