Tourism and Quality of Life

Author(s):  
Francisco Alexandre Araújo Barros ◽  
Jakson Renner Rodrigues Soares ◽  
Priscila Cembranel ◽  
Laura Mary Marques Fernandes

This chapter is about residents' perceptions of the social impacts caused by tourism. The objective of the study is to analyze how the impacts of tourism influence the quality of life of residents of tourist destinations. The proposed methodology is based on a quali-quantitative approach with field research through the application of a questionnaire with residents of three coastal areas of Fortaleza: Grande Pirambu, Beira Mar, and Praia do Futuro (Northeast of Ceará-Brazil). The results show that tourism impacts positively on the quality of life, especially for residents of Beira-Mar and Praia do Futuro; however, residents of Grande Pirambu pointed to job generation as the greatest of the positive impacts in the area. About the negative impacts, the highest percentage was identified in Beira Mar, corroborating the need to plan tourism to expand benefits and minimize costs of tourism. It concludes that the impacts of tourism on the quality of life of residents in the studied areas are diverse, and that the most affected dimensions were related to economic aspects and citizenship.

Author(s):  
Olga V. Zaborovskaya ◽  
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Nadezhda V. Sipunova ◽  

t. The article is devoted to the problem of increasing the social responsibility of an individual as a factor contributing to the achievement of the goals of sustainable development of the region. It focuses on such issues as: sustainable development of the region as the intersection of the economic, social and environmental spheres; the problem of efficient use of resources to achieve sustainable development; the concept and structure of an individual’s social responsibility, its impact on the quality of human capital and the quality of life. Special attention is paid to the social contract as an economic tool to stimulate the social responsibility of the individual.


Author(s):  
Luana Maris Borri ◽  
Lúcia Hilda Machado ◽  
Ana Letícia De Giuli ◽  
Carolina Oliveira Zerbinatti ◽  
Flavia Kroehnke ◽  
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O presente estudo visa investigar os fatores psicossociais potencialmente prejudiciais, que interferem na qualidade de vida de adolescentes gestantes, que residem na cidade de Joinville (SC) através de uma pesquisa de campo de abordagem qualitativa. A coleta de dados ocorreu por meio de uma entrevista semiestruturada com três gestantes com idades entre 10 e 19 anos, sendo que a análise foi realizada a partir da Análise de Conteúdo de Bardin, considerando o referencial teórico da Psicologia Social. Para abarcar a questão da gravidez de adolescentes e os fatores psicossociais, que interferem na sua qualidade de vida, as reflexões propostas foram organizadas pelas seguintes subcategorias: família, âmbito escolar, relacionamento, questões financeiras, fatores psicossociais positivos e negativos, mudanças, preconceito e planos futuros. Sendo assim, apesar de se buscar os aspectos comuns nas gestantes, percebeu-se justamente que cada adolescente e sua família recebem e lidam de maneiras diferentes com a gestação, levantando justamente a importância de não definir fatores determinantes ou generalizados sobre as gestações, visando sempre respeitar a singularidade de cada pessoa. De modo geral, a partir dos resultados da pesquisa foi possível confirmar a hipótese de que a maternidade impacta, diretamente, no futuro destas adolescentes, visto que interfere nos estudos, nas possibilidades de se conseguir um bom trabalho, uma moradia digna e uma estabilidade econômica, gerando uma (in) sustentabilidade, pois as mesmas repetem situação de vulnerabilidade, como condições econômicas reduzidas e prejuízos em relação ao âmbito escolar dos filhos. Palavras-chave: Adolescência. Qualidade de Vida. Fatores Psicossociais. Gravidez. Psicologia Social.AbstractThe present study aims to investigate the potentially harmful psychosocial factors that interfere with the quality of life of pregnant teenagers who reside in the city of Joinville (SC), through a field research of a qualitative approach. Data collection took place by means of a structured interview with three pregnant women aged 10 to 19 years, being that the analysis was performed based on the analysis of the content of Bardin, considering the Social Psychology theoretical framework. To encompass the issue of adolescent pregnancy and psychosocial factors that interfere in their quality of life, the proposed reflections have been organized by the following subcategories: Family, scholastic, relationship, financial issues, psychosocial factors both positive and negative, changes, prejudice and future plans. Thus, although the common aspects in pregnant women were sought, it was realized that each adolescent and herfamily receive and deal in different ways with the pregnancy, raising precisely the importance of not defining factors or generalized about the pregnancy, always aiming at respecting the uniqueness of each person. Generally, from the search results it was possible to confirm the hypothesis that the motherhood directly impacts on the future of these adolescents, since it interferes in the studies, the possibilities of getting a good job, a decent housing and economic stability, generating an (un)sustainability, because the same repeat situation of vulnerability, such as reduced economic conditions and losses in relation to the scope of school children.  Keywords: Adolescence. Quality of Life. Psychosocial Factors. Pregnancy. Social Psychology.


2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 1039-1057 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lujun Su ◽  
Songshan (Sam) Huang ◽  
Jue Huang

This study investigated the structural relationships among destination social responsibility (DSR), tourism impacts (i.e., positive and negative impacts), residents’ support for tourism, and their perceived quality of life. A structural model was empirically tested with a sample of 272 residents living in the Phoenix Ancient Town in China. The results indicated that DSR enhanced residents’ perception of positive tourism impacts but did not influence their perception of negative impacts. Concurrently, DSR was found to have direct and positive effects on residents’ support for tourism and perceived quality of life. It also had indirect and positive effects on residents’ support for tourism and perceived quality of life, mediated by positive tourism impacts. While residents’ perceived positive tourism impacts increased their support for tourism and perceived quality of life, negative impacts would undermine support for tourism and proved to be disruptive to quality of life.


Author(s):  
Dustin Tahisin Gómez Rodríguez ◽  
Marìa Yolanda Laverde ◽  
Ehyder Mario Barbosa Pérez

The general objective of this article is to describe the strategy called Short Commercialization Circuits SCC as a way of supplying local chains in 2020 by the Unidad Administrativa Especial de Organizaciones Solidarias (UAEOS) in Colombia to counteract the negative impacts of the COVID19 pandemic and to improve the social fabric and the ecosystem of the beneficiary territories. The methodology is qualitative, and its methods are documentary review. The main conclusion is that Short Commercialization Circuits such as Public Procurement are strategies that can improve the quality of life of farmers in their territory.


2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Sina Saeedy ◽  
Mojtaba Amiri ◽  
Mohammad Mahdi Zolfagharzadeh ◽  
Mohammad Rahim Eyvazi

Quality of life and satisfaction with life as tightly interconnected concepts have become of much importance in the urbanism era. No doubt, it is one of the most important goals of every human society to enhance a citizen’s quality of life and to increase their satisfaction with life. However, there are many signs which demonstrate the low level of life satisfaction of Iranian citizens especially among the youth. Thus, considering the temporal concept of life satisfaction, this research aims to make a futures study in this field. Therefore, using a mixed model and employing research methods from futures studies, life satisfaction among the students of the University of Tehran were measured and their views on this subject investigated. Both quantitative and qualitative data were analysed together in order to test the hypotheses and to address the research questions on the youth discontentment with quality of life. Findings showed that the level of life satisfaction among students is relatively low and their image of the future is not positive and not optimistic. These views were elicited and discussed in the social, economic, political, environmental and technological perspectives. Keywords:  futures studies, quality of life, satisfaction with life, youth


2020 ◽  
pp. 36-48
Author(s):  
I. M. Loskutova ◽  
N. G. Romanova

This article is devoted to the application of an integrated approach in the study of the quality of life of the population of the North Ossetia. Aspects of the specifity of objective and subjective approaches are substantiated. The increasing importance of the concept of “quality of life” in the XXI century is indicated. A review of sociological studies of the level and quality of life in Russia, as well as a range of monographic works on the analyzed issues. The results of empirical sociological studies in 2014 and 2018 (a study of the quality and standard of living of the population of North Ossetia and a study of the social wellbeing of the population of North Ossetia using the methodology developed by Lapin N. I. and Belyaeva L. A.) are presented.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Putu Sucita Yanthy ◽  
Luh Gede Leli Kusuma Dewi ◽  
W. Citra Juwitasari

Bali is one of spa tourist destinations having various categories of spas and spa treatments, and the most important is the spa therapists. Spa development becomes an interesting phenomenon to be studied when it is associated with an involvement of Balinese women as spa therapists in foreign countries. The world’s demand for Balinese spa therapists has become the motivation of women to work in this area. The work and life of Balinese spa therapists while they are working in foreign countries serve as parameters to know their quality of life, and these parameters are also the main focus of this study. Through in-depth interviews and questionnaires distributed to 20 therapists it was found out that 85 percent of them have revealed an improvement in their quality of life that is influenced by two factors: the material and intimacy factors. The material factor in question refers to the economic improvement of the family as they could earn enough income to cover their family needs. The intimacy factor in question refers to closeness and a sense of solidarity fostered while they are working abroad and the relationship within the family. This study concludes that the most important part of the development of spa in Bali is its female Balinese spa therapists due to the image that Balinese women working as spa therapists are loyal, hard-working and honest making them in demand among tourists who are seeking spa treatments. Being a spa therapist can improve their quality of life, which means that subjectively both material and intimacy factors are the aspects that affect the quality of life of the Balinese spa therapists.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 924
Author(s):  
Claudia B. Pratesi ◽  
Alessandra Baeza Garcia ◽  
Riccardo Pratesi ◽  
Lenora Gandolfi ◽  
Mariana Hecht ◽  
...  

Studies have shown that children and adolescents with autism and their relatives present a high level of stress and more family problems, impacting parents’ and caregivers’ quality of life (QoL). Despite studies on this subject, there is no specific questionnaire to evaluate QoL in parents or caregivers of children and adolescents with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) in Brazil. Therefore, this study’s primary purpose was to develop and validate a specific questionnaire to evaluate QoL in these individuals. The study was performed using the following steps: development of the ASD Parent/caregiver QoL questionnaire (autistic spectrum disorder parent/caregiver quality of life—ASDPC-QoL), subjective evaluation, validation of the questionnaire by the Delphi method, assessment of internal consistency, responsiveness, and reliability of the ASLPC-QoL, and administration of the questionnaire to 881 Brazilian ASD caregivers or parents. ASDPC-QoL comprises 28 questions divided into four domains (social, concerns, physical and mental health) with good psychometric properties (reproducibility, reliability, internal consistency, responsiveness, and validity). Our data showed that worries and physical health were the domains with the lowest scores in ASDPCA-QoL. ASDPCA-QoL did not differ among gender and age of child considering the total and all domains. Older participants (≥41 y/o) presented the best scores for social and worries domains but did not differ in other domains and the total. Parents or caregivers of ASD children diagnosed for more than three years have better mental and physical health domains than those recently diagnosed (up to 1 year) but did not differ in the total and other domains. Individuals with a partner and with the highest educational level present the best score for the social domain. Employed individuals showed better scores than unemployed ones for all domains and the total, except for worries, which did not differ. It also occurred comparing the individuals that do not use antidepressants and the ones that use them. Assessing and better understanding the QoL of caregivers is highly relevant. By understanding the social, worries, physical, and emotional health domains of caregivers, it is possible to track harmful aspects, prevent and treat pathologies, in addition to assisting in the implementation of effective public policies.


Author(s):  
Alicja Szerląg ◽  
Arkadiusz Urbanek ◽  
Kamila Gandecka

Background: The analysis has involved social interactions in a multicultural environment. The social context has been defined by the Vilnius region (Lithuania), where national, religious, and cultural differences exist across generations (multicultural community). The space of “social relationships”, as one of the modules of the WHO quality of life assessment, has been studied. An innovation of the research has been related to the analysis of the phenomenon of community of nationalities and cultures as a predictor of quality of life (QoL). The social motive of the research has been the historical continuity (for centuries) of the construction of the Vilnius cultural borderland. Here, the local community evolves from a group of many cultures to an intercultural community. Interpreting the data, therefore, requires a long perspective (a few generations) to understand the quality of relationships. We see social interactions and strategies for building them as a potential for social QoL in multicultural environments. Methods: The research has been conducted on a sample of 374 respondents, including Poles (172), Lithuanians (133), and Russians (69). A diagnostic poll has been used. The respondents were adolescents (15–16 years). The research answers the question: What variables form the interaction strategies of adolescents in a multicultural environment? The findings relate to interpreting the social interactions of adolescents within the boundaries of their living environment. The description of the social relations of adolescents provides an opportunity to implement the findings for further research on QoL. Results: An innovative outcome of the research is the analysis of 3 interaction strategies (attachment to national identification, intercultural dialogue, and multicultural community building) as a background for interpreting QoL in a multicultural environment. Their understanding is a useful knowledge for QoL researchers. The data analysis has taken into account cultural and generational (historical) sensitivities. Therefore, the team studying the data has consisted of researchers and residents of the Vilnius region. We used the interaction strategies of adolescents to describe the category of “social relationships” in nationally and culturally diverse settings.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bagavandas

Abstract Background The main objective of this study is to develop a multilevel multi-factor index to assess the quality of life of the Malayali tribal population of India at the household and village levels based on nine domains, namely, Demography, Economy, Health, Human Development, Infrastructure Development, Work Participation, Recreation, Social Capital and Self Perception. An attempt is made to classify the individuals as well as villages by the overall scores of a multi-factor -index within a community which will help policymakers to develop concrete policy recommendations for the improvement of the quality of life of this tribal group. Method Multilevel factor analysis is utilized to determine uncorrelated meaningful factors and their respective weights using Mplus software from the nested dataset consists of values of nine domains of 1096 individuals collected from 19 villages. A multilevel multi-factor index is constructed using the weights of these factors. The qualities of the lives of different households and different villages are assessed using the scores of this index. Results Three different factors are identified at household as well as village levels. The quality of life at Households and Village levels are classified as poor, low, moderate, good, and excellent based on five quintiles of the scores of the multi-factor index, and the contribution of each domain in this classification is ascertained. Discussion This study finds that at household as well as at village levels, the quality of life of the individuals of this tribal population increases with an increase in education, income, and occupation status which make them lead a healthy life and also make them to find time and money to spend on recreation. Infrastructure is not important at the household level but not so at the village level. Conclusion The main purpose of developing this kind of multi-factor index at different levels is to provide a tool for tribal development based on realistic data that can be used to monitor the key factors that encompass the social, health, environmental, and economic dimensions of quality of lives at the household and community levels of these tribal people.


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