Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/145221 
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Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10087
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
While there has been a growing interest in the relationship between perceived tourism impacts and residents' quality of life, little is known about how residents' well-being is affected by actual tourist arrivals. This paper studies the effect of international tourist arrivals on the subjective well-being – happiness and life satisfaction – of residents in European countries. Data come from the six waves of the European Social Survey, conducted in 32 countries in 2002-2013. The results suggest that tourist arrivals reduce residents' life satisfaction. This negative relationship tends to be more pronounced in countries where tourism intensity is relatively high, as well as among people living in rural areas. In addition, tourist arrivals have a greater negative relationship with the evaluative component of subjective well-being (life satisfaction) than its affective component (happiness).
Subjects: 
life satisfaction
happiness
tourist arrivals
Europe
JEL: 
L83
Z3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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