Quality of life (QOL) and well-being research in tourism

M Uysal, MJ Sirgy, E Woo, HL Kim - Tourism management, 2016 - Elsevier
Given the recent proliferation of the research on quality of life and wellbeing in tourism, we
review this literature and provide guidance to spur future research. The review focuses on …

Tourism towards healthy lives and well-being for older adults and senior citizens: Tourism agenda 2030

I Patterson, A Balderas-Cejudo - Tourism Review, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive review of the contribution
of tourism to the development of healthy lives and to promote feelings of well-being for older …

Can tourism enhance Chinese subjective well-being?

J Zheng, S Liang, J Ma, G Liu, Y Wu - Annals of Tourism Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Using survey data from the Chinese General Social Survey, this paper empirically examines
the overall impact of tourism–especially tourism intensity–on Chinese individuals' subjective …

The rights to tourism: Reflections on social tourism and human rights

S McCabe, A Diekmann - Tourism Recreation Research, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
There is an increasing emphasis in tourism research on the role that tourism plays in
enriching the lives of tourists, including impacts on health, well-being, happiness and quality …

Leisure activities and life satisfaction: An analysis with German panel data

C Schmiedeberg, J Schröder - Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2017 - Springer
Given the nature of leisure as largely uncoerced and not necessary for survival it seems
obvious at a first glance that leisure activities should contribute to happiness. Indeed, recent …

Happy hosts? International tourist arrivals and residents' subjective well-being in Europe

A Ivlevs - Journal of Travel Research, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Who benefits from which activity? On the relations between personality traits, leisure activities, and well-being.

N Kuper, L Kroencke, GM Harari… - Journal of Personality …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Leisure activities have been emphasized as an important predictor of well-being. However,
little research has examined the effects of leisure activity enactment on well-being over time …

The contribution of holiday trips to life satisfaction: the case of people with disabilities

R Pagán - Current Issues in Tourism, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This study analyses the contribution of holiday trips to the life satisfaction (LS) of people with
disabilities as compared to people without disabilities. Particular attention is paid to the …

Girlfriend getaways and women's well-being

L Berdychevsky, HJ Gibson, HL Bell - Journal of Leisure Research, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This study explored girlfriend getaways (all-women leisure-based travel), focusing on the
importance and meaning of such experiences and their potential contribution to women's …

Managing group flow experiences in escape rooms

T Kolar, B Čater - International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper theoretically and empirically aims to explore customer group flow
experiences with an urban adventure game called “escape rooms”. Design/methodology …