Does residents' perceived life satisfaction vary with tourist season? A two-step survey in a Mediterranean destination

Tourism Management

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 199-208

  Bimonte, Salvatore ^a   Faralla, Valeria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Happiness; Residents' attitudes; Tourism impact

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84959306145     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.02.011     Document Type: Article

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