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Quality-of-Life Community Indicators for Parks, Recreation and Tourism ManagementTourism-Specific Quality-of-Life Index: The Budapest ModelBudapest Model

Quality-of-Life Community Indicators for Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management:... [Tourism is a complex industry. It provides employment opportunities and tax revenues and supports economic diversity. It has very different impacts, both positive and negative, or even mixed ones. However, from a national, regional or local planning point of view, tourism should support the development of the quality of lifequality of life of citizens too. If the implications of tourism have mainly negative impacts on the local community and environment, citizens will not support tourism and will not welcome visitors. This could mean a sad end to a destination.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Quality-of-Life Community Indicators for Parks, Recreation and Tourism ManagementTourism-Specific Quality-of-Life Index: The Budapest ModelBudapest Model

Part of the Social Indicators Research Series Book Series (volume 43)
Editors: Budruk, Megha; Phillips, Rhonda

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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
ISBN
978-90-481-9860-3
Pages
163 –183
DOI
10.1007/978-90-481-9861-0_9
Publisher site
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Abstract

[Tourism is a complex industry. It provides employment opportunities and tax revenues and supports economic diversity. It has very different impacts, both positive and negative, or even mixed ones. However, from a national, regional or local planning point of view, tourism should support the development of the quality of lifequality of life of citizens too. If the implications of tourism have mainly negative impacts on the local community and environment, citizens will not support tourism and will not welcome visitors. This could mean a sad end to a destination.]

Published: Nov 20, 2010

Keywords: Local Citizen; Genuine Progress Indicator; Alert Individual; Provide Employment Opportunity; Happy Planet Index

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