Tourist Destinations: A Good Place to Live?
Abstract
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.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
Migration
Aging
and Tourism Studies
Recreation
Leisure
Wilderness Management
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Tourism Analysis
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 135–140
- Publication date
- 20 January 2026
- Language
- EN