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Subjective Aspects of Tourists’ Quality-of-Life (QOL)

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Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research

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Quality-of-life is considered to be a significant concept in various disciplines from psychology to management. Although, there is no consensus about the definition of quality-of-life concept, it is accepted that the concept is highly related to individual’s subjective sense of well-being. Tourism-related research area is one of the developing areas which gives growing attention to the concept because that the tourism sector is highly affected to subjective preferences of the tourists as well as their well-being. Thus, it is important to understand the variables that influence tourist’s subjective aspects in order to understand their quality-of-life in tourism. It is the assumption that the increased understanding would give the opportunity to flourish to tourism sector.

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  1. Department Coordinator, International Logistics & Transportation Department, Istanbul Bilgi University, Laureate Universities, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ruhet Genç

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  1. State University, Dept. Hospitality & Tourism Management, Virginia Polytechnic Institute &, Blacksburg, 24061, Virgin Islands, USA

    Muzaffer Uysal

  2. State University, Dept. Hospitality & Tourism Management, Virginia Polytechnic Institute &, Blacksburg, 24061, Virgin Islands, USA

    Richard Perdue

  3. Pamlin College of Business, Dept. Marketing, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Pamplin Hall 2025, Blacksburg, 24061-0236, Virgin Islands, USA

    M. Joseph Sirgy

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Genç, R. (2012). Subjective Aspects of Tourists’ Quality-of-Life (QOL). In: Uysal, M., Perdue, R., Sirgy, M. (eds) Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research. International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2288-0_9

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