Tourism development and residents’ well-being: Comparing two seaside destinations in Italy
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Salvatore Bimonte [1] ; Antonella D'Agostino [2]
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[1] Università degli Studi di Siena
Università degli Studi di Siena
Siena, Italia
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[2] Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope
Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope
Nápoles, Italia
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- Localización: Tourism economics: the business and finance of tourism and recreation, ISSN 1354-8166, Vol. 27, Nº. Extra 7, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Workshop on “Tourists as Consumers, Visitors, Travelers”), págs. 1508-1525
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
There is now growing empirical evidence that tourism development affects residents’ attitudes to tourism and individuals’ perceived well-being. Building on previous studies, this article wishes to ascertain whether this phenomenon is common to different destinations or is site-specific. To this aim, a propensity score method is implemented. The empirical analysis is based on a two-step survey (pre-, and peak-tourism season) carried out in two seaside destinations in Italy where tourism is a major economic sector. While results demonstrate that residents’ happiness is endangered by tourism development, this article evidences that this stylized fact shows some peculiarities that are site-specific. It follows that socioeconomic and cultural characteristics, history and type of tourist development matter and have to be considered in developing any tourism policy.
