The Effects of Responsible Tourism on the Quality of Life of Community in Tourism Destination of Com Village

Estanislau Sousa Saldanha; Virginia dos Santos; Salustiano dos Reis Piedade; Agustinus Nahak Seran; Jorge Ribeiro Freitas

doi:10.51703/bm.v2i0.31

Estanislau Sousa Saldanha Dili Institute of Technology
Virginia dos Santos Dili Institute of Technology
Salustiano dos Reis Piedade Dili Institute of Technology
Agustinus Nahak Seran Dili Institute of Technology
Jorge Ribeiro Freitas Dili Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.51703/bm.v2i0.31

Keywords: Responsible economic tourism, responsible social tourism, quality of life of community.

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the influence of responsible economic and social tourism on the quality of life of the community in a tourism destination. A-276 local households were selected to become respondents of the research. To this, pre-designed structural questionnaires were distributed to 276 households and returned, while Smart-PLS 3.0 was used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that responsible economic and social tourisms had significant impacts on the quality of life of the community. This implies that government and other stakeholders should develop appropriate strategy for responsible tourism to enhance economic growth and social reinforcement, ultimately contribute to improve the quality of life of the community in the tourism destination.

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