Tourist Destinations: A Good Place to Live?
This research note considers the relationship between a community’s tourism intensity and its residents’ “happiness.” The findings of the study, based upon community-based statistics and tourism employment data for 179 US cities, indicate that those who live in more tourism-intensive municipalities are generally happier than are those who live in communities less dependent on their visitor economy.
Authors
- Stephen W. Litvin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1686-5039)
Institutions
- College of Charleston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Tourism Analysis
- Published
- 2026-01-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3727/194339926x17576014196809
- Primary Topic
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00